Sudden death of student may be linked to genetic abnormality and oral contraceptive, inquest hears
Teenager was at increased risk of blood clots
Sarah-Kate O’Meara died in June last year during her Leaving Cert examsThe sudden death of a healthy young student from Cork in the middle of her Leaving Cert exams last year may be linked to both a previously unknown genetic abnormality and an oral contraceptive pill, an inquest has heard.A sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court heard that Sarah-Kate O’Meara had begun taking a common combined oral contraceptive, Ovreena, about a month before her death.
