Woman died after being given drug to induce labour

A woman whose baby died in the womb went into cardiac arrest when her uterus ruptured soon after she was induced by doctors, an inquest heard.

Bimbo Onanuga, 32, a Nigerian national from St Margaret’s Rd, Finglas, in Dublin 11, died on Mar 4, 2010, just hours after doctors at the Rotunda Hospital administered a drug to induce labour to deliver the stillborn child.

Dublin Coroner’s Court heard that Ms Onanuga was almost 30 weeks pregnant when she presented at the Rotunda hospital three days before her death and doctors confirmed the absence of a foetal heartbeat.