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Stepping Hill Hospital under fire after three patients die
A 44 year old woman and two men, aged 71 and 84, have died in suspicious circumstances after receiving insulin in other medication. Although the 'cause of death' is unknown in each case, an investigation into the deaths is now underway at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, Greater...
Woman suffered fatal deep vein thrombosis after knee surgery
A hospital trust has admitted its doctors twice failed to diagnose a pulmonary embolism in a woman's lung due to deep vein thrombosis and will pay an undisclosed sum in damages for the medical negligence to her family. Initially, the mother-of-six had been admitted to Medway Maritime Hospital...
Death was not aggravated by medical negligence says Coroner
The death of a former car worker was not aggravated by medical negligence of staff at Coventry University Hospital, a coroner has decided. The 76-year-old man's family were concerned that the hospital had failed to provide treatment for the lung disease tuberculosis and did not put him in...
Coroner's inquest finds clear failures of communication in hospital
A coroner's inquest into the death of a 78-year-old woman from Nottingham has criticised the communication systems in the hospital where she was treated. Betty Dobbs had been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in August 2008, and had been fitted with a stent as part of her treatment. A November...
Coroner's inquest hears of birth injury resulting from misaligned forceps
A Sheffield inquest has been told by an obstetric expert that the death of an infant resulted from birth injury suffered during a forceps delivery. Professor James Walker from Leeds University told the coroner's inquest that the baby's injuries - which included a depressed skull fracture and...
Coroner's inquest rules accidental death in case of girl kicked by horse
A coroner's inquest in Norwich has recorded a verdict of accidental death in the case of an eleven-year-old girl who was kicked by a horse. The schoolgirl, a keen rider, was preparing her pony for a show when another horse lashed out at her. She suffered severe head and spinal injury;...
Manchester coroner records misadventure verdict in Dianette inquest
An inquest has been held at the Manchester Coroner's court into the death of a woman from a massive pulmonary embolism following the use of a contraceptive pill. A verdict of misadventure was returned. Helen Schofield, 33, had complained to her doctor of menstrual pains in November 2008, and...
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