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Gregory Abrams Davidson Solicitors recover damages for injuries arising as a result of a hospitals failure to diagnose low thyroid hormone levels, which cause surgery to be delayed

Our Client was referred to the Cardiology Department at University Hospital Aintree, by her GP, in view of palpitations and an abnormal ECG showing intermittent left bundle branch block (LBBB). This was investigated by the department of cardiology and despite extensive investigations, no structural abnormality of her heart was documented. Despite the extensive and detailed investigations, her thyroid hormone level was not measured.

Gregory Abrams Davidson Solicitors recover damages for injuries arising as a result of a hospitals failure to correctly programme a cardiac pace maker

BD v Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust

Facts of the case
Our client was born with a congenital heart condition. He was admitted to The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital with palpitations and syncope and was found to be in ventricular tachycardia with a heart rate of over 250bpm. He was cardioverted and placed on amiodarone and aspirin. A decision was made to implant a defibrillator and this procedure took place under local anaesthesia and sedation