A 55-year-old woman died after experiencing complications from a weight-loss surgery. An inquest found that failures by the hospital, including the absence of a specialist nurse and a senior doctor, contributed to her death.
A weight-loss surgery patient has died due to a series of 'failures' by a hospital to treat complications that arose from a procedure during a junior doctors' strike. 55-year-old Susan Evans returned to Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth with tummy pain two days after having a gastric banded fitted in July 2023. It was the first day of industrial action and the coroner stated there was no specific weight-loss nurse on duty.
Ms Evans was not attended to by a senior doctor and was discharged, only to return to the hospital 'extremely unwell'.Her condition deteriorated and she died in August 2023. An inquest into her death heard of “failures” by Portsmouth Hospital NHS Trust that “contributed more than minimally to her death”. Ms Evans had elective Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery on July 11 2023. The procedure helps with weight loss as it reduces the size of the stomach and re-routes the small intestine. An inquest heard the surgery “went to plan” and measures were taken to avoid the possibility of an anastomotic leak, which is a recognised complication of gastric bypass surgery.At first Ms Evans 'recovered well' but experienced stomach pain in the early hours of July 13. Ms Olsen added: “Unrelated to this, the hospital only had the equivalent of one full-time specialist bariatric nurse, who was not on duty.'Contrary to Queen Alexandra Hospital’s written policy for gastric bypass patients, Ms Evans was not seen by a member of the specialist bariatric team and was not seen by a senior doctor after reporting pain in order to rule out the possibility of an anastomotic leak.”Apparently the night team, who administered pain relief, were 'unaware' of the latter requiremen
WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY HOSPITAL FAILURES COMPLICATIONS JUNIOR DOCTORS' STRIKE DEATH
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