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A GRANDFATHER has been awarded ?1.5m in compensation after blunders at a Yorkshire hospital led to him having his lower left leg amputated.
John Halliday, 59, is now confined to a wheelchair in the wake of failures by doctors at Bradford Royal Infirmary to diagnose a serious infection which later spread to other parts of his body including his spine, leaving him with ?devastating? injuries.
He has been forced to give up work as a health and safety consultant and is now heavily reliant on help from carers in adapted accommodation. He has been warned a combination of earlier and more recent illnesses is likely to cut his life short.
In an out-of-court settlement, he has been awarded compensation after the hospital admitted liability for negligence in delays in diagnosing and treating septic arthritis which would have avoided the amputation.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news...r-man-who-lost-leg-through-blunders-1-6189729
John Halliday, 59, is now confined to a wheelchair in the wake of failures by doctors at Bradford Royal Infirmary to diagnose a serious infection which later spread to other parts of his body including his spine, leaving him with ?devastating? injuries.
He has been forced to give up work as a health and safety consultant and is now heavily reliant on help from carers in adapted accommodation. He has been warned a combination of earlier and more recent illnesses is likely to cut his life short.
In an out-of-court settlement, he has been awarded compensation after the hospital admitted liability for negligence in delays in diagnosing and treating septic arthritis which would have avoided the amputation.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news...r-man-who-lost-leg-through-blunders-1-6189729