Doctors missed Gia’s UTI after childbirth. The Vietnamese Australian woman’s death was preventable, coroner finds

Gia Lam, a Vietnamese Australian woman, died of sepsis three days after giving birth at Fairfield Hospital in western Sydney. A coroner's court found her death was preventable, caused by an undiagnosed urinary tract infection (UTI). The coroner determined that if the UTI had been diagnosed and treated, Lam would likely have survived. The court also concluded that Lam should have been offered interpreter services to improve communication with the medical team. The lack of appropriate diagnosis and communication contributed to the fatal outcome.