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Mr B started suffering chest pains. He had a family history of early death
from cardiac arrest and was referred by his GP to his local hospital for ECG
testing. The hospital failed to correctly report Mr B’s ECG and advised that
his heart was clear. Consequently despite further episodes of chest pains Mr
B was instead treated for indigestion/gastric problems. Later that same year
Mr B collapsed and died of a cardiac arrest
Mrs B, his widow, brought a claim under the Fatal Accidents Act and Law
Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act for loss of dependency and other losses
arising from the death of her husband. The claim was that if the hospital had
properly interpreted the ECG Mr B would have had an angiogram that would have
revealed the true nature of the problem and would then have had either
angioplasty (insertion of a balloon into the affected cardiac arteries to
widen them and a stent to help keep the arteries open) or a cardiac bypass.
In turn this would have prevented his death.
The claim settled for £100,000 after issue of Court proceedings.
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