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A PENSIONER who died hours after being sent home from accident and emergency would have survived if she had been admitted, a damning new report has revealed – and the hospital is now facing legal action.
Jean Graham, who had a blood clot on her bowel, was sent home twice in one weekend by Glasgow Royal Infirmary staff.
However, a leading surgeon has now concluded that the 77-year-old would have had an 80 per cent chance of survival had she been treated.
Her partner George Andrews yesterday said: “The fact Jean would have had such a high percentage of survival is shocking and has frankly been very hard to take. I’m stunned. I tried so hard to convince the staff she was seriously ill and needed to be cared for.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/48...mary-faces-legal-action-over-death-of-patient
Jean Graham, who had a blood clot on her bowel, was sent home twice in one weekend by Glasgow Royal Infirmary staff.
However, a leading surgeon has now concluded that the 77-year-old would have had an 80 per cent chance of survival had she been treated.
Her partner George Andrews yesterday said: “The fact Jean would have had such a high percentage of survival is shocking and has frankly been very hard to take. I’m stunned. I tried so hard to convince the staff she was seriously ill and needed to be cared for.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/48...mary-faces-legal-action-over-death-of-patient