Pages On: Negligent Cancer Diagnosis
Cancer is one of the most prevalent diseases in the world and affects around one in three people. Not all cancer is lethal, but people have every reason to be wary of it and to look for signs to combat it. Whilst often treatable, the problem with cancer is it is very hard to find, and the symptoms can be very vague. If left too long, cancer can become malignant and spread across the body. This means that people have to put a lot of trust in medical professionals to quickly diagnose what is happening in their own body. However, cancer can be easily misdiagnosed or diagnosed too late to leave sufferers with a chance to fight it. If you’ve suffered a late cancer diagnosis, or had cancer misdiagnosed as something else, your chances of survival are at risk, and doctors can be seen to be liable for that. If this has happened to you or a loved one, you may be entitled to claim medical negligence compensation.
Woman dies from hospital-contracted Legionnaires
Posted: 15 February 2016
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Negligent Cancer Diagnosis, Wrongful & Accidental Death
68-year-old Terry Brooks, from Bath, died from Legionnaire’s disease contracted at the Royal United Hospital in July of last year, an inquest has heard. The inquest also heard that due to failings in the hospital’s system, the contamination had not been detected. The disease, which flourishes in water systems that are not kept hot or cold enough, is caused by the Legionella bacteria. Public Health England, tested the water supplies at the William Budd ward of the hospital, as well as supplies at three other homes that Mr Brooks had visited during the…
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Prostate surgeon under investigation
Posted: 2 October 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Negligent Cancer Diagnosis
A Birmingham-based surgeon has been dismissed after a total of 170 men had their prostates removed, some for no clear reason. Dr Arackal Manu Nair, who once appeared on the television programme Embarrassing Bodies, recently resigned after strict restrictions were placed on his work by the General Medical Council (GMC) following numerous concerns. A worrying number of male patients allege that Mr Nair removed their prostate for no apparent reason. One case saw a patient have his prostate removed despite absolutely no evidence of cancer, where another had his removed…
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Prisoner’s cancer care criticised
Posted: 18 January 2015
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Negligent Cancer Diagnosis
The care provided to a prisoner suffering with cancer has been described by a prison watchdog as “one of the worst examples of poor care”. 34-year-old James Colton from Swansea died in August 2013 after months of complaining about severe back pain. Mr Colton died of malignant melanoma two days after being admitted to the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch as an emergency. Mr Colton was serving a life sentence for murder at the maximum security prison near Evesham when he fell ill with cancer. Despite frequently complaints, the prison failed to…
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Depression in cancer patients overlooked
Posted: 28 August 2014
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Negligent Cancer Diagnosis
Recent research has discovered that around three-quarters of cancer patients do not receive the psychological treatment they require. Researchers have suggested that the problem is due to the physical symptoms being addressed at the expense of the psychological. The research, carried out by the Lancet, highlighted that the problem is overlooked even though it could be treated at a fraction of the cost of cancer medication. Research carried out by Edinburgh and Oxford Universities found that clinical depression is a very common reaction to cancer, with it often being wrongly…
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Cancer patient left on a trolley for 12 hours
Posted: 4 October 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Negligent Cancer Diagnosis
Concerns have been raised after a terminally ill patient was left on a trolley in the accident and emergency department of Leicester Hospital because of a ‘bed shortage’. Hilary Gilhooley suffered from cancer in her spine and lungs and arrived at the hospital after becoming seriously ill. She then spent 12 hours on a trolley, despite needing a specialist bed for her condition. Michael Gilhooley spoke about the treatment of his wife earlier this week, saying how “angry” he is at the way in which she was cared for. Hilary Gilhooley…
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Woman ‘died in squalor’ at Redditch hospital
Posted: 29 August 2013
Posted in: Medical Negligence, Negligent Cancer Diagnosis, Wrongful & Accidental Death
After doctors at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch misdiagnosed Sandra Aston’s cancer as pneumonia, her daughter described the way in which she was treated as “worse than an animal”. The daughter of 79-year-old Mrs Aston, Tracey Holmes from Evesham, said that her mother had been left in her room “cold and desperate, with bleeding cracked lips”. The hospital have apologised for their “unsatisfactory” standards of care, saying they are “deeply sorry”. Mrs Holmes, however, described this apology as “pathetic”. She provided examples of the hospital’s lack of care for her…
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