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US death row inmate Christa Pike taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injections, says lawyer
Christa Pike is a woman on death row in the US. Her lawyer says she is in the hospital now. She survived two injections that were supposed to end her life. The injections had a drug called pentobarbital.
The lawyer says the hospital is giving her life-saving help. This means doctors are trying to keep her alive. It is not clear what will happen next. Pike's situation is very serious.
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