Epidural given intravenously kills mom after birth
Yikes! How scary that a mistake like this can happen…
A mother died within three hours of giving birth after an epidural anaesthetic was mistakenly fed into her arm instead of her back, an inquest has heard.
Mayra Cabrera, 30, originally from the Philippines, suffered a heart attack after being given the drug during the birth of her healthy 8lb baby Zachary. Mrs Cabrera died on May 11, 2004, at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, Wilts, where she had worked as a theatre nurse since moving to Britain in 2002.
Information from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jht...
