Philadelphia ( CNN ) -- When Yashodo Gurung left her mother 's side at a West Philadelphia abortion clinic , she thought the 41-year-old woman was napping while she awaited her medical procedure . But now , as testimony Tuesday in the trial of the clinic 's doctor indicated , Gurung wonders if maybe her mother was in fact dead when Gurung was asked by a staffer at the Women 's Medical Society to return to the waiting room at the front of the clinic . `` I thought she was peaceful and sleeping , '' the a 26-year-old Bhutanese refugee said through a translator , wiping her eyes with a tissue . Dr. Kermit Gosnell faces eight counts of murder in the deaths of seven babies and that of Gurung 's mother , Karnamaya Mongar , of Virginia , who died of an anesthetic overdose during a second-trimester abortion . Authorities accuse Gosnell , 72 , of using scissors to sever the spinal cords of fetuses who emerged from their mothers still alive . Medical examiner had to thaw fetal remains in Philly abortion case . He has pleaded not guilty . His defense attorney , Jack McMahon , has maintained that none of the infants was killed ; rather , they were already deceased as a result of Gosnell previously administering an abortion drug . Mongar died November 19 , 2009 , after overdosing on anesthetics prescribed by the doctor , Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams said following the arrest of Gosnell and before a gag order was put in place preventing attorneys and now jurors from speaking to the media . Williams called the facility `` a house of horrors '' that performed `` botched and illegal abortions '' and that was full of containers of fetuses ' body parts . Born in Bhutan , Mongar spent 18 years living in a bamboo hut in a Nepalese refugee camp before coming to the United States in July 2009 as part of a humanitarian resettlement program , the family 's attorney , Bernard Smalley , told CNN in 2011 following the release of the grand jury report . The mother of three and grandmother of one was 19 weeks into her pregnancy when she went to Gosnell 's practice . Gurung testified that while she waited with her mother for several hours , she saw her mother given multiple doses of medicine in pill form . Gurung also saw her mother receive additional medication intravenously through an IV line inserted in Mongar 's hand . Mongar 's brother , Damber Ghalley , who speaks English , also testified Tuesday . Ghalley told jurors he took Mongar to Gosnell 's practice two days in a row . After hours inside the clinic during the second visit , Ghalley was waiting outside in his car when things turned chaotic as an ambulance and firefighters arrived on the scene , he said . `` I knew something was wrong when I saw the ambulance , '' Ghalley testified , adding that firefighters had to use bolt cutters to open a padlocked emergency exit just to get Mongar out of the clinic on a stretcher . Ghalley said he saw Gosnell standing inside the doorway asked him what was happening . `` He ( Gosnell ) said the procedure was done but 'Your sister 's heart stopped , ' '' Ghalley said . Jurors also heard from Gosnell 's former maintenance man , Jimmy Johnson , who testified that his duties included removing the biohazard waste from the exam rooms . Johnson said that the toilets inside the clinic would be `` stopped up '' at least twice a week . `` When I plunged it once , particles came up , '' Johnson said . `` What kind of particles , '' assistant district attorney Edward Cameron asked . `` An arm came up , '' Johnson replied . Also on trial is Eileen O'Neill , 56 , a medical school graduate who worked as a doctor at Gosnell 's clinic . O'Neill , who did not have a medical license , is charged with participating in the operation of a `` corrupt organization . '' If found guilty , Gosnell could be sentenced to death . Philadelphia abortion clinic worker pleads guilty .
Dr. Kermit Gosnell is on trial on eight counts of murder in eight deaths . The jury has been deliberating for more than a week and will continue to do so until the verdict comes back from Judge William C. Kuntz at 9 a.m. Friday. The woman had gone to Gosnell 's clinic for an abortion . Trial testimony Tuesday came from the woman 's 26-year-old daughter .