Dena Collins, 28, died after suffering a pulmonary embolism following a missed diagnosis of Deep Vein Thrombosis. Her family claims NHS staff overlooked her symptoms and failed to provide timely blood-thinning medication, leading to her tragic death.
The body of a young woman who died of a blood clot was presented for viewing in a hospital “cleaning cupboard”, her family said, after NHS staff missed “red flag” symptoms. Dena Collins collapsed in the home she shared with her parents in south east London on the morning of 12 January 2023, a day after attending Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich with symptoms including shortness of breath, a fever, and calf pain which was so severe she was using a crutch.
The most senior was a consultant who at 3pm diagnosed a likely “Baker’s Cyst”, a fluid-filled swelling that develops at the back of the knee.Dena was booked in for a scan the following day, and sent home at 6pm without blood-thinning medication often given as a precaution to patients with possible blood clots.That evening, feeling the effects of painkillers issued by the hospital, Dena told her family she was feeling better and went to bed.
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