A coroner has ruled the mix-up amounted to neglect and contributed to Linda Cantwell's death at Royal Stoke University Hospital. An inquest heard how the treatment also involved fitting several tubes, including one to help drain Mrs Cantwell's chest and the other to administer medication. In September last year, a nurse at Royal Stoke accidentally gave her antibiotics through the irrigation tube instead of the Hickman line. Over the next few months, Mrs Cantwell was in an out of hospital, still battling the rare bugs. Ms Murphy concluded Mrs Cantwell, from Telford, died as a result of 'complications of surgery, complicated by neglect'.

Source: Daily Mirror October 02, 2019 15:45 UTC