Early monitoring could have saved Jacqui

AN INDEPENDENT inquiry into the death of a young woman following IVF treatment has concluded the main cause of death could have been prevented.

The report found Jacqueline Rushton would not have developed severe breathing difficulties if the fluid imbalance in her body from a negative reaction to IVF had been controlled earlier.

The conclusion by a British professor in reproductive medicine came along with a number of criticisms about the 32-year-old’s care at Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital.