Monday 8 August 2022 07:07 AM Pregnant mother dies in Victorian hospital: Annie Moylan Holmesglen Private trends now The shattered parents of a young mother pregnant with her second child had spoken of their pain after she died when a severe infection went undiagnosed and untreated over several hours in a hospital. Annie Moylan, 37, was 18 weeks pregnant and otherwise fit and healthy when she developed a fever and was admitted to a Melbourne hospital in 2017. But her parents Marg and Brian Moylan say a series of blunders by the first hospital, Holmesglen Private, the second hospital, St Vincent's, and the private pathology laboratory resulted in her not being given life-saving antibiotic therapy until it was too late. When the 'bright and successful' lawyer fell ill, she went to Holmesglen Private after representatives from its owner, Healthscope, assured her then-practising GP father that the brand new facility was state-of-the-art. When Ms Moylan was admitted, she was hooked up to an intravenous fluids drip and her condition briefly improved. But when she started to have abdominal pain, and health staff became concerned she could miscarry, a critical problem emerged - there was no obstetrician at the facility. Brian and Marg Moylan (pictured) say more could have been done to save their daughter 'They weren't equipped to deal with a pregnancy complication. It is very, very difficult,' Brian told 60 Minutes in a segment airing on Sunday. Annie with a high fever an in pain had developed sepsis, a life-threatening reaction to infection. 'A 37-year-old woman with no underlying health problems would have an excellent chance of survival if they were treated with antibiotics and other supportive care,' sepsis expert Professor Simon Finfer told the program. But the sepsis went undiagnosed and unable to properly treat Annie, staff called an ambulance to transfer her to St Vincent's. Paramedic records obtained by Mr Moylan revealing they had been instructed an obstetrician would be waiting. However, when they arrived, and with Annie in increasing danger, there was none. 'The truth's missing somewhere. Who told the ambulance officers? It's there in the record. And then the obstetrician wasn't waiting,' he said. Annie was having a miscarriage and getting sicker but antibiotics could still have given her a very good chance of survival at that stage - with Ms Moylan conscious and responding to paramedics. After presenting at Holmesglen at 7.30pm, she finally was seen by an obstetrician at 1.30am who immediately diagnosed sepsis and ordered antibiotics, which were administered another hour later. Shortly after, Annie was put on life support and passed away. 'That was terrible (but) we got to say our goodbyes,' Annie's mother Marg said. Annie Moylan was a mother to a 14-month-old and was pregnant with her second child (pictured) when she died following an infection Further documents obtained by the couple allegedly reveal that Holmesglen's pathology laboratory closed at 5pm - despite having an after hours emergency room. Annie's tests had to be sent out to a private laboratory. 'I was surprised, yes. They've got an intensive care at the hospital, so yes, I expected it (the pathology lab) to be there,' Brian said. After being couriered to the wrong location, the test sample was rerouted but wasn't tested until the next morning. 'They did the blood culture test two hours after she passed away,' Mr Moylan said. 'We were stunned. Yeah. We just melted (when we found out),' Mrs Moylan added. The test itself took three hours to return results, which would have given doctors ample opportunity to treat Annie if run when she was first admitted. The Moylans wrote to the Victorian Government about their daughter's case and were told a review would be conducted by Safer Care Victoria. The review provided little answers with the two hospital and pathology lab conducting internal investigations and the government body lacking the teeth for a meaningful outcome. The Moylans are now demanding an overhaul or the private hospital system in Victoria and say that is what Annie would have wanted. 'Annie's just beating away. This is what's kept us going, it really has,' Marg said. All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility