Medical Negligence
Pearson Legal
Full Credential Description
She attended the A & E at Tameside Hospital complaining of severe upper stomach pain radiating to her back. Following medical review and an x-ray an aggravated ulcer was diagnosed and medication given to reduce acid and relieve pain. Ultimately Mrs T was listed for surgery to relieve the bowel obstruction but, due to complications caused by her underlying chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, she did not tolerate the general anaesthetic and sadly died.
On conclusion of the investigation we secured admissions from the Trust that there had been missed opportunities to earlier diagnose the small bowel obstruction, that there was an unacceptable delay in identifying the cause of Mrs T’s worsening condition due to the unrelieved small bowel obstruction and its consequences, that surgery should have been performed earlier and that, if surgery had been performed earlier, Mrs T’s chances of survival would have been greater. Earlier diagnosis and intervention would have prevented her physiological deterioration. Mrs T’s condition was stable and had been well managed by medication.
Whilst the period of time during which Mrs T suffered avoidably, the scale of damages recovered for her Estate demonstrated the horrific experience that she had as a result of the failures in the care that she received”.
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