The question: How safe are epidurals? | Society | The Guardian - 9th January 2008

The general consensus seems to be that epidurals are, basically, safe. A quick trawl through Mumsnet reveals that, of those who had an epidural, very few experienced any complications. Then again, none of them had an epidural fed into their arm like Mayra Cabrera. On Monday, an inquest heard that she died of an epidural-induced heart attack after giving birth to son Zac in a Swindon hospital.

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