Please click on the below titles to read the following case reports:
C (Deceased)- v- NB NHS Trust
M (Deceased) - v- NG NHS Trust
B –v- G NHS Trust
A.L.M & L.S.M –v- Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust
C (Deceased) v NB NHS Trust: Physician’s negligence – infection control – failure to control infection leading to patient’s death
The Claimant (C) was the Widow and Administratrix of the Estate of C (deceased) and brought an action under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 and Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1934.
On 25th October 2001, the deceased became unwell. He had a productive cough; fever; weight loss; abnormal liver function tests and an elevated C-reactive protein. An ultrasound scan of the liver showed appearances which were strongly suggestive of cirrhosis with portal hypertension. On 6th November 2001, the deceased was referred by his GP to a consultant gastro-intestinal surgeon at F Hospital, managed and administered by NB NHS Trust.
On 15th November 2001, a number of investigations were carried out, including 2 sets of blood cultures and a CT-scan of the abdomen with the liver showing evidence of multiple metastases.
This case was handled by Gerry Ferguson. Please click here to view the full case report.
Physician's Negligence:Failure to recognise prosthetic valve endocarditis leading to patient's death
Background
"M" was a retired Miner who on the 27th June 2003 underwent surgery at hospital "A" to perform a coronary artery bypass and to replace his aortic valve with a biological mitraflow valve. The surgery was appropriately covered by prophylactic antibiotics and he was discharged from hospital "A" on 13th July 2003.
On the 18th August 2004, "M" attended his GP with a cough andf breathlessness, and his GP arranged for him to be admitted to NG NHS Trust by ambulance. He remained an in-patient at NG NHS Trust until the 29th August 2003.
The SHO on admission recorded the necessity to "R/O SBE", namely to rule out sub-acute bacterial endocarditis.
This case was handled by Gerry Ferguson. Please click here to view the full case report.
Orthopaedic Negligence – Infection Control – Failure to control infection leading to unacceptable total knee replacement result
The Claimant was admitted to a hospital operated by G NHS Trust in 1999 for a first right total knee replacement.
Later in 1999, the Claimant was admitted for a second left total knee replacement. Following the first total knee replacement, the Claimant contracted a hospital acquired infection, but this was controlled and she suffered no significant effects, and she had a good result from the right total knee replacement.
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A.L.M & L.S.M –v- Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust
The infant Claimant ALM (born 05.03.1994) was admitted to the Defendant Trust Hospital in Bath for a routine hypospadias repair on Tuesday 6th August 1996.
He was discharged on the evening of Wednesday 7th August 1996 around 7.00pm, informally. By Friday 9th August 1996, ALM developed urinary retention and renal failure, and had to be admitted to the Intensive Care Unit in the Bath hospital before being transferred to Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children. There he had to undergo debridement procedures due to extensive post-operative infection of the genitalia.
This case was handled by Gerry Ferguson. Please click here to view the full case report.
