Contraceptive pill warning after two women died just 10 days apart

A warning has been issued to woman on the contraceptive pill, and doctors prescribing it, after two woman died in the same month from similar complications. 

Coroner Alex Ho, in Auckland in New Zealand, released findings into the tragedies this week that recommended women should be counselled on the risks of venous thromboembolism, with both woman having unknown blood clotting conditions.

One of the women, Georgia O'Neill, a 24-year-old makeup artist, was found dead in her room at her shared flat in Mount Roskill Auckland by her housemate in September 2021.