Susan Evans, 55, died after returning to the hospital two days after gastric bypass surgery with stomach pain. A coroner criticized the hospital for lacking a specialist weight-loss nurse and a senior doctor's assessment. The inquest found multiple 'failures' by Portsmouth Hospital NHS Trust contributed to her death.
A woman died after suffering complications during her weight-loss surgery on the first day of a junior doctors' strike, a coroner's court has heard.
Now, an inquest into her death has heard of several 'failures' by Portsmouth Hospital NHS Trust which 'contributed more than minimally to her death'. Susan Evans, 55, returned to Queen Alexandra Hospital, in Portsmouth just two days after she underwent gastric bypass surgery with stomach pain Read MoreBREAKING NEWS Junior doctors vote to accept pay deal after two years of strikes that brought the NHS to its knees '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 on and was not seen by a senior doctor after reporting pain in order to rule out the possibility of an anastomotic leak.
'It is likely that, if she had been seen by a member of the bariatric team on 13 July 2023, she would have been kept in hospital and would have been operated upon sooner.Read More Nurse, 30, who wants to be a 'role model' for her patients shed 14st after £4,200 surgery In a prevention of future deaths report, addressed to the Portsmouth Hospital NHS Trust, Ms Olsen said her inquiries revealed several 'matters giving rise to concern'.
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