October 12th, 2009
A soldier who served in Iraq has died after receiving the lungs of a smoker which had a cancerous tumour inside.
Corporal Matthew Millington, 31, developed an incurable lung condition in 2005 and was told he would need a lung transplant in order to survive.
He had the operation at Cambridge’s Papworth Hospital in April 2007, but was not able to breathe as easily as he was told he should.
Almost a year later, it was found that one of the lungs – which had come from someone who smoked up to 50 roll-ups a day – had a cancerous tumour. Despite undergoing cancer treatment, Corporal Millington died in February 2008.
The hospital admitted that use of immuno-supressant drugs after the transplant accelerated the cancer’s growth, but insisted that such incidents are rare.
Although Corporal Millington’s family is not seeking compensation from the hospital, anyone who feels they have not received adequate treatment should seek the advice of a solicitor in order to pursue a clinical negligence claim.
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March 25th, 2009
A woman who almost died after doctors failed to diagnose her cervical cancer has been awarded a five-figure sum in compensation.
Nichola Grimshaw had her second child by Caesarean section in 2003, but began to suffer from pain and heavy bleeding, local newspaper the Messenger attests.
Although she had been told by medics at Wythenshawe hospital in Manchester to wait a month before returning for a check-up, she booked an emergency colposcopy a week later.
It was then that doctors discovered a cancerous tumour so large it was crushing her kidneys.
"The doctor took one look inside me and ran out of the room, I was terrified. He booked me in for surgery that afternoon," Ms Grimshaw commented.
She was taken to Christie’s, where she had chemotherapy and radiotherapy which saved her life.
The NHS trust responsible for Wythenshawe Hospital has now awarded her compensation and said the procedures for cervical screening have been overhauled since the incident.
Anyone who has endured pain and suffering as the result of a cancer misdiagnosis, that would not have occurred had the diagnosis been correct, may be entitled to claim compensation and should seek legal advice.
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