October 15th, 2009
A widow is considering legal action against an NHS trust after her husband died following an operation.
Joseph Gill, 58, was admitted to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in July for a lung cancer operation. However, he was given the wrong medication six times when staff mixed him up with another patient and he fell ill.
Despite this, he was taken in for the surgery to receive part of his lung on July 7th. Complications arose and he died on July 16th.
Eileen Gill, 55, said she blames NHS Grampian for her husband’s death and claims the nurses had called him George and repeatedly given him medication meant for a heart patient.
She is now demanding answers in order to consider pursuing a clinical negligence compensation claim.
"We’ve got a solicitor but can’t do anything until we know what drug he was given," she commented.
A spokesperson for NHS Grampian denied that the medication mix-up had led to Mr Gill’s death but said that lessons had been learnt since the mistakes.
This comes after research from the Care Quality Commission revealed that one in nine of the 392 NHS trusts in the UK performed badly or failed to improve in the last year.
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August 5th, 2008
The construction industry in Ireland has a higher rate of fatal accidents than many other countries, it has been found.
According to a study conducted by academics in Tokyo’s Teikyo University, of 25 countries studied, Ireland was exceeded only by Turkey in terms of its construction fatality rate.
Indeed, its rate was six times that of the UK, with 333 deaths per 10,000, compared to 49 for the UK, the Times reports.
"It’s very disappointing that Ireland is so far down the international comparison, but it’s not too surprising in light of the experiences of some of our members on construction sites," stated Sylvester Cronin, health and safety officer at the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union.
He added that there is almost a "cowboy attitude" to health and safety in the Irish construction sector.
Figures produced by the Health and Safety Executive revealed that 228 workers were fatally injured in the UK in 2007-08.
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July 30th, 2008
A pathologist could face a multi-million pound lawsuit from up to 8,000 individuals after the accuracy of his reports came into question.
Dr Rajgopal Menon, a medical professional trained in Glasgow, was deemed by a recent inquiry to have incorrectly missed cancer diagnoses, reports the Evening Times.
The cases, which number more than 24,000, are to undergo re-examination stretching back over more than a decade.
Dr Menon’s licence permitting him to work as a pathologist has been suspended.
After working his first year at the Southern General Hospital, he moved to the US and also worked in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. He trained at Glasgow University between 1955 and 1961.
In related news, the misdiagnosis rate of a Finnish pathologist working at Cork University Hospital was found to be six times higher than average, according to the Irish Independent.
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June 16th, 2008
More than two million people in the UK have had an accident in the home within the last five years as a result of drinking too much, according to a report.
The study for Tescocompare.com found that damage caused to household goods brought the average cost per accident to £267 – making a total £95 million a year.
People living in a shared flat are six times (30 per cent) more likely to have a mishap after a few drinks, than those living with a spouse or partner (five per cent).
Additionally, the research found that children under ten rack up an accident bill of £136 million a year, while pets cause £87 million worth of damage.
Paul Baxter from the insurance website commented: "As the saying goes accidents do happen – and this research suggests many of us suffer financial loses on an annual basis."
According to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, nearly 4,000 die in household accidents every year.
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