A verdict of medical misadventure has been returned into the death of a stillborn baby who died in the womb a day after her concerned mother was sent home from the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise, having been told everything was all right.

The jury in the inquest into the death of a baby who died a day after her mother was sent home from the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise has returned a verdict of medical misadventure.

A SCHOOLTEACHER almost died and spent weeks in intensive care after she contracted a flesh-eating disease while having a routine surgical procedure, the High Court heard yesterday.