Scathing report on ‘twins’ op blunder

DOCTORS who carried out an emergency caesarean section on a woman who was mistakenly identified as carrying twins have been heavily criticised in a report to be published within the next fortnight.

The medics needlessly cut through the walls of the woman’s abdomen looking for the supposed second baby at St Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny, the independent report will show.

The Irish Examiner has learned that the report, written by experts, including one of the country’s most senior obstetricians, criticises: