Woman died after bungled self-abortion

Woman died after bungled self-abortion

By Staff Reporter

A WOMAN died as a result of a self-induced abortion, an inquest in Luton, England, heard this
week.

Zimbabwean Veronica Muringani, 26, of Dunstable Road was about ten weeks'
pregnant when she 'opted out' of a legal abortion.

She had arranged an abortion through The Lodge on George Street West in Luton but did not go through with it and instead decided to do it herself.

'Foreign objects' were found in her uterus and twigs and sticks were found when police searched her home after her death.

Muringani, who also was HIV positive and had hepatitis B, became ill last June and was rushed to Luton and Dunstable Hospital on June 15.

She told medical staff she had a miscarriage a couple of days before.

Later that day she discharged herself from hospital because she was feeling better.

She was readmitted into hospital the following day and collapsed and died.

In his summing up of her death Coroner David Morris said: "Veronica Muringani played a significant part in her demise."

Tuesday's inquest heard how Muringani left Zimbabwe two years ago and left behind an eight-year-old son.

The official cause of death was septicaemia as a result of the perforation of the uterus.

The inquest's verdict was that Muringani died as a consequence of a self-induced unlawful abortion.
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