Fears hundreds of pregnant women induced early because of SA Health computer glitch

A South Australian mother says she is anxious about her daughter’s development after suspecting she was induced prematurely because of an error with the health department’s computer system. The South Australian Government is investigating a computer system error that led to the due dates of about 1700 pregnant women being calculated incorrectly. About half of the women affected have been contacted, and no adverse outcomes discovered yet, SA Health said.

SA Health chief executive Dr Robyn Lawrence said women currently pregnant were first to be informed about the error to ensure their upcoming due dates were correct. She said on Friday, the due date error would have only miscalculated the dates by a few days. Demi Wilson is another South Australian woman who believes she was impacted, but has yet to be called by SA Health. Wilson’s daughter, Pipa, was diagnosed with a heart defect before she was born.

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