'My wife died in childbirth but wasn't told she'd been given labour drug overdose'

"The 39-year-old had been told she would have to give birth to her stillborn daughter, who was called Olivia, and was given medication to bring on the labour. Within hours Jacqui was having intense contractions and at one point slumped into the arms of her husband, Lori Quate, who thought she had fainted. As staff at Ninewells Hospital rushed to help her, she suffered a cardiac arrest."

"It was not until the next day that Lori found out his wife had been given eight times the recommended dose of the drug to bring on labour a mistake which some experts say may have contributed to her death. Lori is one of dozens of people - families, midwives and experts - who have told a BBC Disclosure investigation that urgent action is needed to improve maternity safety in Scotland. They shared details of many of examples of poor and sometimes deadly care,"

Jacqui Hunter was told her daughter Olivia had died in the womb a week before her due date and was given medication to induce labour. Within hours she developed intense contractions, suffered a cardiac arrest and died two hours later from an amniotic fluid embolism. Her husband discovered the next day that she had received eight times the recommended dose of the induction drug Misoprostol. Families, midwives and experts report numerous examples of poor and sometimes deadly maternity care in Scotland amid stretched NHS resources. The Scottish government cites reductions in infant and neonatal deaths and new maternity inspections, but there are calls for a national review similar to England’s.

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