Diabetic Scots gran left fighting for life in coma after hospital failed to tell her of Type 2 diagnosis

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A Scots gran was left fighting for life in a diabetic coma after hospital staff failed to tell her she had been diagnosed with the condition.

Shakela McDuff was admitted to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary on December 24 after she began suffering chest pains and breathlessness at home.

The 54-year-old was diagnosed with heart failure and kept in for three weeks while staff ran a host of tests - including multiple finger pricks.But she claims that no one told her or partner Stephen Gillies that she had been diagnosed with diabetes and was discharged on January 11.Just weeks later, an ambulance was called to the gran-of-four’s home after Stephen was unable to wake her up.She was rushed to the resuscitation ward at the hospital where they discovered her blood sugar levels had plummeted - leaving her in a coma.Stephen, 51, a full-time carer, was told that the mum-of-one had entered into the early stages of multi-organ failure and was seriously ill.Thankfully Shakela began to respond to glucose drips the following day and is now recovering at home.The couple, from Glasgow, believe the second emergency admission could have been avoided if doctors had told them about Shakela’s Type 2 diagnosis.She said: “On Christmas Eve, we were all packed and ready to head to my daughter’s in Hamilton.“But I was really struggling to breathe and my chest was sore.

I must’ve lost consciousness or something so Stephen called an ambulance, which I don’t remember.“The next thing, I was in the Glasgow Royal Infirmary.