Medical Negligence
Pearson Legal
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META DESCRIPTION: Medical Negligence Solicitors secure compensation from Oldham Hospital Trust for a client whose wife developing Sepsis from a Biliary Stent. Compensation for a Biliary Stent that led to Sepsis Compensation for a Biliary Stent that led to Sepsis In this case, we acted for the husband of a lady who sadly passed away after a series of medical negligence mistakes at the Royal Oldham Hospital. The claimant's wife was initially admitted to the hospital with pains in the right part of her abdomen and an ultrasound revealed gall stones and a dilated bile duct. His wife was given an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) following the diagnosis of gallstones, ascending cholangitis and biliary sepsis. As part of the procedure, a balloon was dilated to bypass one of the larger stones and a 7-French stent made of plastic was inserted into the bile duct. Delays in the removal of biliary stent The Hospital Trust’s policy is that the stent should be changed or removed within three to six months to avoid the development of biliary sepsis. On several occasions, the stent was noted on radiological imaging but no plan for its removal was made. Although stents should be removed in a matter of months in this case the stent was left in place for 8 years. She returned to the hospital on a number of occasions and later was diagnosed with a lower respiratory tract infection and reviewed by the Gastroenterology team following the results of her CT Scan. The plan was for the removal of the stent by way of ERCP as an outpatient. In an initial attempt to remove the old biliary stent it snapped and fractured as over the years it had calcified and adhered to surrounding tissue. As the stent had been in situ for a number of years our client’s wife developed biliary . Unfortunately, her general health condition deteriorated following the procedure to try and ultimately remove the stent and she later passed away in the hospital.