Loving Wife and First-Time Mom Passes Away, Leaving Newborn Baby Fatherless

In a heartbreaking turn of events, a 32-year-old first-time mother named Ilona Kazik tragically passed away just 11 days after giving birth to her son Antony. Ilona, who worked in a hospital herself, experienced a major obstetric bleed mere hours after her son's birth via caesarean section at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital on Valentine's Day 2023.

Despite being on medication for high blood pressure, Ilona's condition rapidly deteriorated. She reported headaches, blurred vision, and vomiting before becoming unresponsive. A CT scan revealed that Ilona had suffered a significant brain bleed, and she was urgently transferred to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. Tragically, doctors were unable to save her, and her life support was switched off on February 25.

Ilona's heartbroken husband, Rafal, 43, is now seeking answers from hospital chiefs ahead of an inquest into his wife's death, set to open on November 17, 2025. Rafal is also pursuing legal action and has engaged medical negligence lawyers to investigate the care his "beautiful, fun and intelligent" wife received.

After five years of trying for a child, Ilona sadly never got the chance to cradle her newborn baby. Her untimely passing has left Rafal and their son Antony devastated, as they grapple with the loss of a beloved wife and mother.