Doctors who helped Gillian Nelson give birth to a baby, have said that she suffered "haemorrhaging of a significant but unknown amount" around the time of childbirth.

Gemma Mizon, a registrar in obstetrics and gynaecology at the Princess Royal University Hospital in Bromley, south east London, confirmed that the new mother suffered from haemorrhaging. Nelson gave birth to her son Wesley on 28 January, 2014 at 4.03am after she was admitted for an induced delivery.

While speaking at the Southwark Coroner's Court, Miss Mizon said that she had shown "no sign of ongoing bleeding" at the time and also denied claims that she removed blood clots from the patient. The inquest also heard that Ms Nelson had reported to a member of staff that she had lost some blood while in a toilet before giving birth.

The businesswoman from Sydenham, south east London suffered bleeding and was also seen to have low blood pressure and high pulse. She went into shock and required urgent surgery and also had multiple cardiac arrests and was taken to theatre for a hysterectomy. She was then moved to King's College Hospital (KCH) in Denmark Hill, south east London where she required a liver transplant. The family was later told they were "out of options" and Ms Nelson died on February 2.