Anaesthetic Complications

V –V- POOLE HOSPITAL NHS TRUST

V attended the Defendant Hospital in order to give birth to her first child. Despite her medical records clearly indicating an allergy to elastoplast, her epidural was secured using elastoplast as a result of which she suffered a severe allergic reaction.

V’s back became very red, and she developed tiny blisters which were extremely uncomfortable. V was prescribed steroid cream and painkillers. The tiny blisters eventually became one large blister which resulted in the skin becoming very tight, and it was extremely difficult for V to move for 3 weeks following the birth of her first child.

This matter was settled for the sum of £1,900.