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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Bryony Gooch

Mother who had three limbs and a hand amputated after abortion complications ‘begged’ doctors for antibiotics

A woman who had three of her limbs and a hand amputated after complications arose from an abortion has warned: "medical errors like this must not happen again."

Priscilla Dray, a mother of three, went into the Pellegrin University Hospital in Bordeaux for an abortion on 22 July 2011. Within two days, she developed a serious infection as she claims doctors refused to give her antibiotics.

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