RIP Suzanne Ballantyne, who died last year from drug overdose during labor in UK as reported by London Evening Standard .
NOTE: Drug Misoprostol is one of the drugs which are used for induction of labor(forcing labor to start) which was in this situation medically indicated, because of intrauterine death of the baby ( baby died in womb). Misoprostol use has certain risks, like overstimulation of uterus ( womb will contract very strongly which can cause rupture). Kindly scroll to the bottom of this article, where you will find adviced management.
The family of a lawyer who died after being given 16 times the recommended dose of a labour-inducing drug could sue after a coroner voiced "grave concerns".
Suzanne Ballantyne, 47, was given 800 micrograms of misoprostol at St George's Hospital in Tooting to bring on delivery after her baby, a girl, died in the womb.
Mrs Ballantyne suffered multiple ruptures to her womb, causing vital organs to fail.
Four days previously, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists had recommend doses no higher than 50 micrograms - though at the time of Mrs Ballantyne's death there were no official guidelines from the Government's drug rationing watchdog, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence.
Four days previously, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists had recommend doses no higher than 50 micrograms - though at the time of Mrs Ballantyne's death there were no official guidelines from the Government's drug rationing watchdog, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence.
