Lindanora1960
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Hi all
Please move if in wrong thread
Hoping you can provide me with guidance,a close family member sadly passed away unexpectantly in 2019.
She was staying with me when I heard her fall , I rang an ambulance immediately they worked on her for a while then transferred her to hospital ( she had a cardiac arrest )
She was at the hospital approx 30 mins when the doctor advised us she had passed away . He returned 20 mins later to advise that they had discovered a pulse and she had not passed away .
she was taken to surgery then to have a stent put in . Over the next few days she was in icu they took scans of her brain and advised us there was no activity and the ventilator was turned off she passed away five days after her hospital admission.
we did ask at the hospital how they misdiagnosed her death but never got an answer.
A few months later we contacted the Irish patient’s association they advised us to request medical records and get back to them .It took another few months but we did get the records and sent them on to the IPA ( in October 2020) but despite numerous calls and emails they have not responded .
Can anyone recommend another path we can take . We Just want to know how this error occurred .
Are we justified looking for answers .
thanks for reading this long post
LN
Please move if in wrong thread
Hoping you can provide me with guidance,a close family member sadly passed away unexpectantly in 2019.
She was staying with me when I heard her fall , I rang an ambulance immediately they worked on her for a while then transferred her to hospital ( she had a cardiac arrest )
She was at the hospital approx 30 mins when the doctor advised us she had passed away . He returned 20 mins later to advise that they had discovered a pulse and she had not passed away .
she was taken to surgery then to have a stent put in . Over the next few days she was in icu they took scans of her brain and advised us there was no activity and the ventilator was turned off she passed away five days after her hospital admission.
we did ask at the hospital how they misdiagnosed her death but never got an answer.
A few months later we contacted the Irish patient’s association they advised us to request medical records and get back to them .It took another few months but we did get the records and sent them on to the IPA ( in October 2020) but despite numerous calls and emails they have not responded .
Can anyone recommend another path we can take . We Just want to know how this error occurred .
Are we justified looking for answers .
thanks for reading this long post
LN