October 29th, 2009
A girl who went blind after doctors failed to spot a brain tumour has been awarded £1.5 million in compensation.
Tatum Rock, now 16, went into King George Hospital in Essex after banging her head in a fall in 1999.
She had X-rays, but was sent home when the radiologist missed a large brain tumour. Although the condition came to light four months later and she had corrective surgery, it was too late to save her sight.
An investigation revealed that had the X-ray been read properly, the victim would have had surgery immediately and her sight would most likely have been saved.
Tatum took legal action against Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, which has now admitted liability for the misdiagnosis and agreed to the payout.
Hospital bosses apologised for the failings and wished Tatum well for her future at university.
Research from Imperial College London recently revealed that as many as one in six NHS patients are being misdiagnosed by either GPs or hospital staff.
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May 6th, 2009
The parents of a girl who died after being given a massive overdose of radiation have been given permission to sue an NGS trust for clinical negligence.
Lisa Norris, 16, was having treatment for a brain tumour at the Beatson cancer centre in Glasgow in 2006, but doctors mistakenly gave her too much radiation. They then stopped the treatment after discovering the error.
Her parents Ken and Liz claim that Lisa would have lived had doctors not stopped the treatment and are taking legal action against NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
"The health authorities should be called to account for what happened to Lisa," Mr Norris said.
Experts opined after Lisa’s death that she should have had a 60 per cent chance of survival from her cancer if she had been treated properly.
The NHS trust declined to comment on the case or the legal action.
According to Cancer Research UK, approximately 4,500 people in the UK are diagnosed with brain and central nervous system tumours every year.
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