A midwife has been found guilty of deliberately drugging 15 pregnant
women in an apparent mid to make her work easier, leaving most needing
caesarean sections to save the lives of their babies.
Kirsteen Stewart, from Newmachar, Aberdeen, administered expectant
mothers with a labour-inducing drug which resulted in some babies'
heartbeats dropping as low as 50bpm.
A nursing watchdog said the only plausible explanation was a desire to
speed up labour in order to 'serve the midwife's own interests'.
According to Daily Mail,ssome 13 of the mothers had to undergo an
emergency caesarean section after Ms Stewart gave them Syntocinon, which
causes the muscles in the uterus to contract.
Although no babies were killed by her actions, two had to be
resuscitated at birth and one had to spend time in a neonatal unit.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) must now decide what sanction to
place on Ms Stewart, which can range from a warning to being removed
from the register.
The panel will decide what sanction to impose on Friday.
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