Amarjit Kaur and Mandip Singh Matharoo were expecting their first child to arrive in February 2024.
When Amarjit was 32 weeks pregnant, she went to Leeds General Infirmary’s maternity unit twice within 24 hours with severe abdominal pain.
She says she was told she was experiencing ligament pain in her torso and was sent home each time with paracetamol.
A few days later, Amarjit underwent emergency surgery and she says a massive blood clot was found, exactly where she had described being in pain.
Her daughter, Asees, was stillborn on 6 January 2024.
The couple believe she would have survived if her mother had not been sent home earlier.
Amarjit believes she was treated differently because of her Indian ethnicity.
During her first visit, she says she overheard a white woman being told by midwives that she could “stay as long as you want” because of her pain – but Amarjit was sent home.
“The only difference between me and her was the colour of my skin,” she previously said. “But I was in so much pain I couldn’t move.”
