He's had to learn how to walk and talk again
A teenager came to within an inch of his life after undergoing a seemingly routine operation and then travelling to Leeds where doctors 'botched' his care and left him with a brain injury.
Corey was put on a ventilator and taken to ICU. The next day Corey was removed from the ventilator, which caused him to have breathing problems once more, and left him "starved of oxygen" for four minutes. Although doctors put the tube back in place, Corey, 19, suffered a cardiac arrest and a hypoxic and ischaemic brain injury.
“We left him as we were told he’d need to stay in overnight, but then just as we arrived home in the early hours of the morning we got a call telling us we needed to come back and that it was serious. We were told that it was so bad he might not survive, and if he did he may never be the same boy again because he would likely have suffered brain damage. It was heartbreaking."
“His confidence was shattered by what happened. Initially he did speak slowly and was slurred, but again, over time, that has improved, although I know he still feels self-conscious about it, as he does the scar on his neck from the emergency surgery. Solicitor Matthew Gascoyne, of Hudgell Solicitors, said: “We are very grateful to Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for making early admissions of breach of duty in this case and for agreeing to this interim payment to pay for rehabilitation support which will hugely help Corey on his continuing recovery.
“His legal claim will continue as we will seek to ensure he continues to have access to a team of specialists who can help him return to his training and then employment, and enjoy the best quality of life and independence, whilst of course seeking significant damages for the impact of what happened to him.”
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