Doctor may have mistaken ‘ovary for ectopic pregnancy’

A doctor likely mistook a woman’s ovary for an ectopic pregnancy before giving her medication to terminate it, an expert has said.

Philip Owen also said it was more than likely that the woman had a continuing normal pregnancy in her womb when she was given the medication.

It is alleged at a Medical Council inquiry that a consultant obstetric and gynaecologist, Dr A, wrongly diagnosed an ectopic pregnancy in the case of Laura Esmonde at South Tipperary General Hospital in January 2013 when the pregnancy was actually in the womb.