Woman died in childbirth after given 'overdose' of labour–inducing drug following death of her unborn daughter

A woman who died giving birth to her stillborn daughter was given eight times the recommended dose of a labour–inducing drug – which experts say may have contributed to her death. Jacqui Hunter, from Fowlis near Perth in Scotland, had been given the devastating news in May 2020 that her daughter Olivia had died in the womb days before her due date, and that she would be given medication to help deliver her the next day. What the 39–year–old wasn't told was that staff at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee gave her eight times the recommended dose of misoprostol needed to induce labour.