Australia – Victorian doctor suspended amid investigation into woman’s death after abortion

Women’s health clinic boss claims ‘witch hunt’ after Dr Rudolph Lopes suspended in weeks following 30-year-old’s death

Australian Associated Press
Fri 15 Mar 2024

A doctor working at a women’s health clinic in Melbourne has been suspended as a regulator revealed it was aware of concerns about other practitioners there. The facility’s boss claims it is a “witch hunt”.

It follows the death of 30-year-old mother Harjit Kaur, who died in January at the Hampton Park Women’s Clinic after what was described as a “minor procedure”.

It was later identified as a pregnancy termination.

Continued: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/15/victorian-doctor-suspended-amid-investigation-into-womans-death-after-abortion


UK – Woman who bled to death after late-stage abortion was discharged despite vomiting

Woman who bled to death after late-stage abortion was discharged despite vomiting
Richard Hartley-Parkinson
Friday 20 Apr 2018

Aisha Chithira suffered a tear to her uterus, was discharged and died later after suffering internal bleeding (Picture: Google Street View)

A woman who died following a late-stage abortion procedure was discharged from the clinic despite vomiting and swaying so much she looked ‘drunk’, an inquest has heard.

Aisha Chithira, 31, travelled to England from Ireland to have a termination at a Marie Stopes clinic in Ealing, west London, on January 21 2012.

Continued: http://metro.co.uk/2018/04/20/woman-bled-death-late-stage-abortion-discharged-despite-vomiting-7482792/