Last week reports were in the news about Angela Skeffington, 43, a former warehouse worker and mother of three who was told she had just weeks to live after Doctors had failed to trace signs of cancer. Today another report has been released about a mum-of-three who has been given just months to live after doctors failed to diagnose her cancer during 20 examinations.

Catherine Watkins, 55, was failed repeatedly by medical staff in Southend, Essex. Despite losing two stone and being in so much pain that she could hardly move, Doctors refused to give her a CT scan. Mrs Watkins, who also suffers from diabetes, was told by Doctors that she had gallstones. She started suffering from abdominal pain in December and had been rushed to the A&E department of Southend Hospital four times in the past nine months.

After endless arguments by her daughter, Mrs Watkins was finally given a CT scan last month. This is when Medical staff discovered Catherine had advanced liver and pancreatic cancer. Southend University Hospital is currently investigating the cancer patient’s treatment.
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No matter what precautions we take, accidents are still going to happen. We can make people more aware of possible dangers, but that isn’t always the case. This comes after a story in the Daily Mail about an eight year old girl who plunged about 150ft from a tower block as she tried to talk to a friend. 

Leanne Minick, was leaning out of her bedroom window when she tumbled forward out of her flat on the 15^th floor and landed on the pavement below.

Her mother Claire Sicberras and her partner, Ian Whitmore, were quickly on the scene and have been left heartbroken by her death. A neighbour and friend of the family told the Daily Mail that Leanne had been trying to talk to a friend on the ground when she fell from the flat in East London.

She told the paper: “I heard shouting outside, looked out of my window and saw Leanne’s mum and dad downstairs. Leanne fell from her bedroom window. She was leaning out talking to somebody, got too confident and fell.”
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Although air travel is the safest means of transport, with the least amount of accidents, it doesn’t mean it’s invincible. At least 13 people have been confirmed dead after a plane owned by state-run airline Conviasa crashed in south Venezuela on Monday.

A report with the Daily Mail said that the plane was carrying 51 people when it crashed shortly after take-off in the eastern city of Puerto Ordaz. The plane went down on the property of the state-run Sidor steel foundry.

An emergency official told Venezuelan that rescue workers were helping with injured victims, however he did not say how many had survived. Garces said the plane was heading to Margarita Island when it crashed for reasons that were unclear. Forty-three passengers and four crew members were aboard the plane when it crashed.  
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If you’ve been involved in a road traffic accident (RTA) with a learner driver that’s caused you injury and it wasn’t your fault then you may be entitled to claim compensation!

A lot of drivers are unaware of the fact that learner drivers, even though they’re less experienced, still owe the same standard of care as fully qualified drivers when using the road. However, other road users are still expected to treat learner cars with caution if they approach them on the roads.

This means giving them plenty of space when using the road, and being patient with them. Although a lot of us do get annoyed when we get stuck behind a learner driver, what we all seem to forget is that the person in the car in front used to be us, however many years ago.
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Is always sad to hear of road accidents that have resulted in tragedy; and unfortunately they are not uncommon. Roads are dangerous – that’s a fact- and it’s the reason there are so many important laws related to speeding, drink driving, stringent driving tests etc.. are there to save lives.

But still sometimes road accidents end in fatalities.

According to sources from the Press Association, two pedestrians have been sadly killed on the busy stretch of motorway on the M6 Northbound between Junctions 17 and 18. They were hit by a Heavy Goods Vehicle – however the full circumstances remain unknown. Reportedly the 60 year old driver of the HGV has been arrested by police on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving; police are calling out for witnesses to the incident.
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Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES) is a serious condition which is caused by the compression of the nerves in the lower portion of the spinal canal. If diagnosed it is considered a surgical emergency because if CES is left untreated it can lead to permanent disability. Medics use a number of red flags when diagnosing the syndrome, this makes them aware of the seriousness of the disease.

CES is caused by the significant narrowing of the spinal canal, it compresses the nerve roots below the level of the spinal cord. This means that nerves may become trapped, or unable to function properly in the process. There are numerous causes of CES that have been recorded:
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A toddler is today recovering in hospital after receiving 200 stitches to his face following an attack by his grandmother’s dog. The two-year-old was mauled by the family collie as he stroked the animal.

Joshua Mann’s parents have been told that he will need further surgery before he can return home to Brockworth, near Gloucester. His mother, Lisa Mann, 23, told Sky News she was shocked when she saw her son in hospital.

“I thought he was going to die. He looked in so much pain.” She said. “”All I wanted to do was pick him up and hold him, but I wasn’t allowed. Joshua was stroking the sheep dog, Rossie, when she jumped up and latched onto his face. Rossie pulled him to the ground and wouldn’t release him. His dad and others ran over and started punching the dog to get him to let go. You just need to be more aware, if a dog is not brought up around children, if they’re not used to them, they can just go,” Miss Mann said. “People naturally think its pitbulls, rottweilers and the other dangerous breeds, but this was a collie. It’s not usual that a collie would do this, but he wasn’t brought up with children and snapped.”
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An eleven-year-old girl was killed when she was thrown off a banana boat, at a children’s birthday party. It is thought that Mari-Simon Cronje hurled forwards and smashed into the back of the speedboat which was towing the 20ft inflatable. The 22-year-old watersports instructor, who was driving the speedboat at the time was arrested but has now been released on bail.

A banana boat is an inflatable yellow craft, that is towed by a speed boat and reach’s a speed of up to 35mph. Riders of the inflatable sit one in front of the other, whilst the driver of the speed boat tries to bounce the banana by doing sharp turns. The idea is that all passengers of the inflatable will eventually fall off into the water.

Mari-Simon lived with her wealthy South African-born parents Andries and Ancia, along with her brother Andre-Pierre, in a £1 million five-bedroom home in Putney. She was a pupil at Ibstock Place School, a private £4,000-a-term day school on the edge of Richmond Park, in Roehampton, South west London.
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With the growing amount of congestion on our roads the government can’t seem to emphasise enough the importance of us using public transport. With thousands of us commuting to work every day, it’s the cheaper, more efficient way to travel. However, that’s not what the travellers of a bus in New York thought.

A double-decker bus travelling off its route in New York hit a low railroad bridge and flipped on its side. The Megabus was carrying more than two dozen people when it rammed into the bridge around 2.30am in the morning. The accident happened on the Onondaga Lake Parkway in Salina, a suburb of Syracuse in Central New York.

The accident left four passengers dead and another twenty-four were taken to hospital, some suffering from critical injuries.
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Guests and owners of the Wrexham pub, The Gredington Arms got a surprise when they heard a bang outside. A blue Seat Leon had drove through the gents toilet wall of the building. Thankfully the five occupants of the car were lucky enough to escape any serious injury from the crash, unfortunately the pub wasn’t. The car had embedded itself into the wall, with its bonnet crumpled and doors hanging open.
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