Father died after being told that he had a ‘groin strain’
September 05, 2011
Posted by:Suzanne Trask
The Metro has reported that compensation has been paid by the NHS to the family of Malcolm Drake, a father of one aged 23 from Stoke-on- Trent, who died in December 2007. He visited his GP six times with his symptoms, and also attended the A & E department at North Staffordshire University Hospital when he became unable to walk. The locum GP who diagnosed him with a groin strain sent him home.
Three days later, on Christmas Day, he was found dead. A post mortem confirmed that he died of blood poisoning from a bowel abscess.
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