Family's heartache after 'bubbly' young woman dies just days after complaining of a headache
11.09.2023 - 18:07
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The family of a 'bubbly, bright and beautiful' woman have shared their heartache after she died aged 31 - just days after complaining of a headache.
Kirsty Hendry's mother criticised the care she received at Tameside General Hospital after an inquest heard claims that doctors wrongly dismissed her condition as being linked to cannabis use, illegal drug use, and her mental health.
An inquest at Stockport Coroner's Court heard a number of hospital trust policies weren't followed after Miss Hendry's admission in April this year.
A CT scan was wrongly interpreted by a radiologist and 'missed' evidence of a bleed on her brain, a coroner heard, but it 'would not have changed the outcome for her'. Kirsty, a carer, suffered a burst brain aneurysm and developed a subarachnoid haemorrhage, bleeding in areas surrounding the brain.
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The inquest heard she was 'desperately unwell' when she was taken to Tameside General on April 3. The coroner also said the 'severity of her condition' did 'not appear to have been recognised' by an ambulance crew called to her home in Dukinfield, Tameside, earlier.
By that time, the inquest heard Kirsty had entered a 'vasospasm period', where arteries narrow and restrict blood flow to the brain, causing brain tissue to die.
But giving evidence her mother, Angela Hendry, claimed that on admission to Tameside, staff dismissed her condition as being down to cannabis use, mental health and illegal drugs.
Mrs Hendry claimed hospital staff referred to her as like 'a plank of wood' after an eight-hour A&E wait.
"She just kept staring at us. It was like the lights were on but no one was at home. She did not