Widow secures medical negligence payout
A woman has won a six-figure compensation payout after her husband died as a result of medical negligence. No win no fee
Paul Richards, from Sutton Coldfield, was given 5 occasions the recommended dose of anti-fungal drug Amphotericin at Birmingham’s Heartlands Hospital on July twentieth 2007.
An inquest into his death was held in February 2009 along with a verdict of accidental loss of life contributed to by neglect. The heart of England NHS Believe in admitted it had failed in its duty to provide adequate care by administering the fatal dose of the drug.
Mr Richards had been getting chemotherapy after becoming identified with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and Amphotericin is commonly utilized to treat people whose immune program has been compromised. Nevertheless, the substance is known to be poisonous and may damage the kidneys and liver even when a therapeutic dose is utilized.
Right after his loss of life, Lisa Richards-Everton’s introduced a medical negligence case against the Trust and previously this month a situation at Birmingham Civil Justice Centre decided she should obtain a substantial sum of compensation.
Speaking after the ruling, a member of her legal team stated: “This claim was produced on behalf of Lisa and her three kids.
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