It would be “crazy” to leave breast tissue behind during a mastectomy, a disgraced breast surgeon has told an inquest into the death of one of his patients. Ian Paterson was jailed for 20 years in 2017 for wounding 10 patients, by carrying out an unauthorised procedure which left behind tissue. New inquests are investigating … Read more
PA Media Chloe Longster died at Kettering General Hospital in November 2022 An inquest has heard opportunities were missed to “escalate” the treatment given to a 13-year-old girl who died in hospital. Chloe Longster died a day after arriving at Kettering General Hospital in Northamptonshire on 28 November 2022. She had been taken to the … Read more
Getty Images A mother whose premature baby died after receiving contaminated feed at a hospital has told an inquest it was “the worst experience” a parent could have. Ghanda Al-Kharboush’s nine-day-old son, Yousef, died in June 2014 at London’s St Thomas’ Hospital after developing blood poisoning or sepsis. An inquest on Monday also shared details … Read more
LEIGH DAY Hannah died following a suspected allergic reaction A13-year-old girl with a severe dairy allergy suffered an “immediate reaction” after a just one sip of a Costa Coffee hot chocolate that was supposed to be made with soya milk, an inquest has been told. Hannah Jacobs from Barking, east London, who had been allergic … Read more
Family handouts Sunny Parker-Propst (left) and Elena Ali died within weeks of each other during the first Covid-19 lockdown Two premature babies died within weeks of each other after neglect by a hospital, an inquest jury has found. Westminster Coroners’ Court heard Elena Ali and Sunny Parker-Propst were both given sodium nitrite instead of sodium … Read more
A young woman died months after begging her GP for help with her chronic fatigue syndrome, an inquest heard. Maeve Boothby-O’Neill, 27, had written to her doctor asking for help with feeding as she was hungry. Ms Boothby-O’Neill had been diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). She died at home in Exeter, Devon, in October 2021. … Read more
An inquest hears a restaurant linked to a peanut allergy death had incomplete documentation. Source link
File photo of the Pro-Khalistani Sikhs demonstration outside the Indian High Commission in London. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Sikh Federation UK (SFUK) plans to make a formal demand, likely on Monday, for a coroner’s inquest into the death of Khalistani activist Avtar Singh Khanda in Birmingham last June, according to sources aware of … Read more
Lauren Bridges, 20, died after being moved to a mental health hospital 250 miles from her home. Source link
Kimberley Sampson and Samantha Mulcahy both died from herpes infections after Caesarean births. Source link