An entire village was wiped from the map to make way for development - but then left as wasteland for years.
13.09.2023 - 06:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A Greater Manchester hospital trust has apologised after medics missed symptoms of sepsis in a teenager, leaving her with PTSD.
Ella Watts attended the A&E department at The Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Wigan with flu-like symptoms, chest pain, vomiting and diarrhoea in December 2018. She was triaged as a category three patient, and decided to return home after being told she would not be seen for four hours.
But the 17-year-old's condition deteriorated, and the next day she was admitted to a different hospital with acute kidney injury secondary to sepsis – when the body attacks itself in response to an infection, reports LancsLive.
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She was admitted to the high dependency unit and then transferred to intensive care. It was suspected to be as a result of a chest or urinary tract infection.
Ella said: “When I initially went to the hospital, I knew I was unwell but trusted the staff knew what they were doing. When they said I wouldn’t be seen for more than four hours, I assumed they didn’t think anything was seriously wrong.
“Over the next 24 hours, my condition got worse and I was diagnosed with sepsis. It came as a huge shock and I was terrified as I had heard how serious it could be. That wasn’t the end of it though, as I deteriorated further and ended up in intensive care. To this day, I still can’t believe how quick it progressed and how close I was to dying.
“It still haunts me every day and I’ve really struggled to get over the trauma of what I suffered."
A line was inserted into her femoral artery to help manage her condition. She subsequently developed respiratory failure. She needed assistance with her breathing
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