Please be aware that the following story contains sensitive content that may be distressing or upsetting for some. Preeti and Hrushi Joshi bravely spoke to the media this week about the loss of their son, Ansh, when he was only 2 days old. They chose to have a home birth, but it was abandoned after 4 hours. Preeti was…
Read MoreWhat Happened? After delivering her baby, our client had retained products of conception (retained placenta). She had a procedure in theatre to remove them because other methods, including medication, had not been successful. During the procedure, her uterus was damaged but this was not identified at the time. Afterwards, our client was in severe pain due to internal bleeding caused…
Read MoreBackground The Claimant had a history of low back pain and sciatica for which he had received physiotherapy, and this improved his symptoms until 2015 when both problems got worse again. On 2nd June, the Claimant woke up in significant pain and attended the A&E department at the Defendant’s hospital where he was triaged and later seen by a doctor. …
Read MoreWhat happened? Our client (Mr. X) called an ambulance on the evening of 27 February having experienced a high temperature and extreme pain in his back. Whilst waiting for the ambulance he lost feeling in his legs and experienced numbness in his buttocks. He was taken to St James’s University Hospital in Leeds where he underwent an MRI scan before…
Read MoreWhat Happened to X? Mr X underwent brachytherapy treatment for prostate cancer at the Defendant hospital. Before he was discharged a bag of medication was placed on his bedside locker. This was given to him by the nurse when he was discharged. Mr X assumed that the medication was his normal medication and began taking it the next day. Within…
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