‘Absolutely perfect’ newborn baby died from missed ‘hole in the heart’ after mum spotted her eyelid twitching

ESME Atkinson was just one month old when she died due to a “hole in her heart” – which was only discovered during a post-mortem examination.

The newborn‘s condition led to a bleed on her brain, an inquest has heard.

GettyVSD is a congenital heart defect where there’s a hole in the wall (septum) that separates the two lower chambers (ventricles) of the heart[/caption]

Esme’s mum Ellen Roberts recalled the moment she found she was going to lose her baby daughter.

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