Bed collapse as woman gives birth

A mother of three has made an official complaint against Leeds General Infirmary after a hospital bed collapsed while she was giving birth.

Linda Makin said she, her baby and a hospital midwife ended up "in a heap" on the floor after sliding off the bed.

But Mrs Makin, who had her two other children at the same hospital, said she found the experience "incredibly traumatic".

She said: "The whole bed went up on a slope, I slid down, Jasmine slid below me and luckily I didn't slide on top of her.

"The midwife fell to the floor, she caught Jasmine and my husband caught me so I didn't fall onto the baby."