Medical News Summary: Family sues after man’s feeding tube misplacement results in death

About: Family sues after man’s feeding tube misplacement results in death
Date: 26 June 2003
Source: BBC News UK Edition
Medical News Summary (summary of medical news story as reported by BBC News UK Edition): A Parkinson’s sufferer was admitted to hospital when he could not eat. Surgeons put a feeding tube in to wrong place which led to internal bleeding and peritonitis. He died the next day. The wrong type of anaesthetic was also used. The man’s family has lodged a complaint against the hospital.
URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/3022936.stm
Related Disease Topics: Parkinson’s disease, Peritonitis, Internal bleeding (see Bleeding symptoms)
Related Treatment Topics: Feeding tube

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