A woman has died after taking unwell in an Edinburgh shop on Friday morning.
09.12.2023 - 16:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A mum who went into hospital to give birth only got to hold her baby once before she died.
Vicky Cormack had been due to welcome her fourth child into the world in January 2024, but was advised by doctors to undergo a C-section a month early. Tragically, she suffered complications from the surgery and was put to sleep by medics. She never woke up.
She leaves behind friends and family including husband Joe, son Casey (13 months), and daughters Megan (13), Paige (12) and baby Poppy (3 days) - who she only held once, reports the Liverpool Echo.
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Vicky died suddenly on December 7 aged only 36. Best friend, Natalie Farrell, 35, told the ECHO: "We're all absolutely devastated, the kids have been left without a mum just before Christmas.
"Her husband is not speaking too much, obviously. You don't expect your wife to go to have your daughter and not come home.
"Me and Vicky were best mates since we were little. We went to school together and lived two minutes from each other. I've never known not having her around."
Natalie said that Vicky didn't have life insurance, making a terrible situation for her bereaved family "all the more difficult". Friends have decided to set up a fundraiser to cover the costs of a funeral and make Christmas a little easier for her children. Vicky's fundraiser can be found here.
Michael Collins, who organised the fundraiser, posted: "I’m trying to raise enough funds to cover the cost of a funeral after a very sudden death of Vicky Cormack(mee) who sadly passed away on Thursday 7th December after
A woman has died after taking unwell in an Edinburgh shop on Friday morning.
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