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| Neela's Case |
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In 1995, Neela was diagnosed as having cysts in
her lungs, and attended the Defendant hospital in July 1999
to have them surgically removed, when medical therapy had failed.
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| Sally's Case |
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| Sally had sought legal help after she had to undergo
an amputation of her right leg as a result of arterial thrombosis.
She felt that her GP had ignored earlier symptoms and failed
to appreciate how serious her condition was until it was too
late. |
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| Belinda's case |
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| On 14 January 2000, Belinda, a 38-year-old woman,
was admitted to hospital as a private patient, under the care
of the Consultant for a Total Abdominal Hysterectomy. Belinda
was diagnosed with anti-thrombin III deficiency in December
1996. |
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| Ian's Case |
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| On 25 June 2000, Ian was admitted to the Royal
Free Hospital as a private patient, under the care of Professor
W, for major general surgery. Polyps had been found in the gut
and they were to be removed. |
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| William's Case |
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| William, a 49-year old man, fell late on the evening
of 8 March 2000, sustaining a closed fracture of his right leg.
He was taken to UCH, a hospital near to where the accident had
occurred. He was first seen by a doctor in the early hours of
the morning of 9 March 2000. An attempt was made by a nurse
to transfer William on to a trolley. During this attempt William
fell to the floor. Shortly after, an x-ray was performed on
his right leg. William was then admitted to a ward at around
midday the following day. |
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| Martin's Case |
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| M, a 54 year old man, underwent a radical prostatectamy
on 2 October 2000. Earlier that year M was diagnosed with a
well differentiated adenocarcinoma of the prostate. M was a
private patient and the surgery was performed by Mr K, a Consultant
Urological Surgeon. Following his operation M suffered substantial
internal bleeding. The extent of the haemorrhage was not detected
until M suffered a major cardiac arrest. |
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| B's Case |
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| On behalf of a child who sustained brain damage
at 22 months. B had croup and a narrow windpipe and on 25 February
200 during a physiotherapy session he extubated his endotracheal
tube. 24 hours later there was a further extubation and on 27
February 2000 the tube again became dislodged. Attempts were
made to reintubate but B suffered a cardiac arrest and he was
diagnosed as having suffered a hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy |
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