A mistake made by The Good Hope Hospital in Birmingham has the cost the life of an innocent lady when they told Jane, 30, that she was “suffering from a migraine”. Jane Harrop was admitted to hospital after suffering very badly from severe head and neck pains; two days later Jane died of a rare brain virus.
This is a very tragic matter which should have been dealt with more efficiently by the NHS doctors. Jane was simply “dosed up on morphine and left to die in a corner” her husband reported. Her husband said that “doctors failed again and again to spot the fatal virus that was killing her and did not transfer her to a specialist brain ward at a nearby hospital because no beds were available”. Jane was given morphine by nurses and left in a bed where nurses “put bars around to stop her climbing out”. This is horrendous treatment for a patient to have to endure. The hospital is now placing an investigation to look into the circumstances of Jane Harrop’s death.
Mrs. Harrop had been suffering with terrible headaches in the days leading up to her being admitted to hospital. She reportedly said that the headaches were “crippling” and made her feel “drunk”. Doctors scanned her head but didn’t spot the virus that was actually killing her. She also had a MRI scan where doctors still failed to pick up on the virus and she was later sent home. In the following days, the pains were that bad that it left Jane wheelchair bound, unable to walk.
Records of the hospital report that Jane had been screaming out in pain but the ward nurses failed to alert doctors. Her devastated family believe that if Jane had been transferred to the nearby brain specialist hospital there could have been a chance that Jane was treated, and possibly would have survived.
This is a very tragic incident for any family to have to live through. Should the care and diagnosis have been up to scratch in the hospital, Jane may still be here today. This incident is just another example of the NHS failing to spot vital signs in order to give the patient the correct treatment.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1292757/Young-wife-died-hospital-medics-diagnosed-rare-brain-virus-bad-migraine.html
