WATCH | Mother worries no one will be held accountable after needle left in after childbirth: Medical needle left inside Ontario mother | Go Public | Duration 2:09 An Ontario mother is fighting for answers more than two decades after a needle was left in her spine during childbirth. The new CMAJ findings "highlight that focusing only on the intrapartum period will not adequately serve to recognize, prevent, or respond to" severe maternal health issues and deaths, the research team wrote. WATCH | Family calls for answers after woman dies of septic shock after childbirth: She died of septic shock after childbirth. New insights can help 'prevent maternal deaths'Jocelynn Cook, chief scientific officer for the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada, said the new findings help advance maternal health. The CMAJ study also found a strong association between having type I diabetes and severe health issues during all three periods of pregnancy, childbirth and the first six weeks postpartum.

Source: CBC News March 16, 2026 12:31 UTC