Woman sues hospital after becoming wheelchair bound
25 Jan 2012
A woman has made a claim for
clinical
negligence compensation after being confined to a
wheelchair.
According to the Plymouth Herald, Mary Dacey, 59, has issued a writ
to the High Court claiming that failures during her treatment at
Derriford Hospital left her doubly incontinent and with no feeling
below the waist.
She is seeking more than GBP300,000 from Plymouth Hospitals NHS
Trust as a result of what she believes to have been staff
failings.
Ms Dacey was first admitted to Derriford Hospital in April 2009
with a bleed on the brain and surgeons inserted a tube to plug the
bleeding and a drain to relieve the pressure building up in her
head.
However, after becoming confused Ms Dacey removed the drain, so
surgeons made multiple attempts to insert a lumbar puncture.
The following day, staff at the hospital discovered that she was
unable to move her legs.
Ms Dacey claims she is responding to treatment for symptoms caused
by the bleeding on her brain but stated in the writ that staff were
negligent in their attempts to insert a lumbar puncture.
A spokeswoman for the NHS Trust told the source: "The trust is
aware of a claim. As the matter is ongoing, it would be
inappropriate to comment substantively about the events in
question."
Motorbike rider Jonathan Griffiths, 34, also made a bid for
clinical negligence compensation recently.
He claims that if staff at the Royal London Hospital had checked
the pulse in his left leg more regularly when his was in surgery,
he may have avoided amputation.
Mr Griffiths is now suing Barts and the London NHS Trust and is
hoping to receive a payout in the region of GBP300,000.
