A coroner has condemned an NHS trust for its 'woefully inadequate' investigation after a baby died when surgeons cut into his skull during an emergency Caesarean section, The Daily Mail reports.

Carson Allen died from a massive haemorrhage just hours after he was born prematurely at Nottingham City Hospital on 3 July last year.

Doctors pierced a soft part of his skull while cutting into the wall of his mother's womb, causing severe blood loss, an inquest heard. 

Assistant coroner for Nottinghamshire Heidi Connor recorded a verdict of accidental death.

But she criticised Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust for its 'woefully inadequate' investigation into the tragedy.

Following the hearing on Thursday, Carson's heartbroken mother Claire Smith, 38, a carer from Top Valley, Nottingham, said she would 'never forgive' the hospital for her son's death.

In a statement released with her partner Scott Allen, 37, after the verdict, she said: 'From start to finish, my care was absolutely horrendous.

'When I eventually went into labour the doctor didn't seem to believe me but I assured her I was having the baby.

'For Carson's life to end in the way it did is unacceptable. During my C-section, the doctor cut my baby's head so deep that he died. I will never forgive them for what they did.'

During the inquest, Miss Smith recalled the heartbreaking moment she found out her baby had died, The Daily Mail reports.

'I woke up and asked Scott what we'd had. I could not understand why he wasn't happy,' she said.

'I heard someone say "he's had two cardiac arrests" and I felt sorry for the person whose baby it was - then I realised it was my baby. 

'Then I heard someone say he had a defect on his head.'

The inquest heard Miss Smith had been 33 weeks pregnant when she went into labour and was taken to Nottingham City Hospital for an emergency C-section.

Doctors cut into her womb with a scalpel and managed to deliver Carson, but then discovered he was haemorrhaging from a wound to his head.

He was treated in intensive care and given oxygen because he also had underdeveloped lungs, while doctors fought to stop the bleeding. 

But tragically, nothing could be done to save the newborn and he died three hours later.