Nigerian doctor charged with manslaughter after pregnant woman dies from massive blood loss after abortion
A Nigerian doctor named Dr Adedayo Adedeji, 62,
was on June 4th charged with manslaughter after a
pregnant woman died from massive blood loss after
he performed an abortion on her. The woman, who
is also of African descent, traveled from Dublin to
London in January 2012 for the abortion after
healthcare workers in Ireland refused to help when
she tried to terminate the pregnancy.
According to UK Daily Mail, after the 32 year old
woman had the abortion at the West London Clinic,
she collapsed several hours later while traveling in a
taxi in Slough, Berkshire, and died of 'extensive
internal bleeding'.
Dr Adedeji and two other nurses, Gemma Pullen, 31,
and Margaret Miller, 54, have been charged with the
manslaughter of the woman because of their alleged
gross negligence three years ago.
Speaking later, the woman's husband said the
woman had been diagnosed with a condition which
can carry an elevated risk of miscarriage and other
complications, but was not considered to be life-
threatening and that when they sought help in
Ireland, doctors refused to help them, forcing them
to go to London.
A year after the incident, detectives launched an
investigation into the circumstances of the woman's
death and on June 4th, announced that the doctor
and two nurses have been summoned to appear
before a magistrate to face manslaughter charges.
They are being accused of gross negligence and
'failing to take reasonable care of other persons who
may be affected by acts or omissions at work'. They
will appear before Westminster Magistrates' Court
on June 19.
