Hadar Elboim, spokesperson for Hadassah Hospitals, reported on Monday 5 Tammuz that a 46-year-old mother R”L died hours after delivering a healthy girl via C-section. It is added during delivery, both mother and daughter were fine.

Eight hours later the woman begin describing chest pain that signaled a cardiac incident or possibly an embolism caused by amniotic fluid. This was confirmed by the EKG findings.

A short time later the mother’s vital organs crashed and she went into cardiac arrest and despite advanced life support measures and prolonged CPR, she did not recover. The statement explains resuscitation continued for three hours before she was pronounced dead.

The appropriate Health Ministry officials were notified.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)