Mother’s Pain Ignored in Maternity Care | Leicester News

Leicester News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 1, 2026 · 1m

A Leicester mother’s harrowing journey through pregnancy reveals how her pleas for bowel care were ignored—leading to excruciating pain, emergency surgery, and a devastating nine-day separation from her newborn. Despite a history of bowel issues and prior surgery, Elleasha Varia was dismissed by maternity staff, misdiagnosed with heartburn, and ultimately suffered a bowel perforation during C-section. Her son, born prematurely, was forced into distant neonatal care due to hospital shortages. Varia’s story exposes systemic failures in Leicester’s maternity system, where a national probe…