Greater Manchester hospital trust apologises after failings in care left teen with PTSD
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA 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. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. She was admitted to the high dependency unit and then transferred to intensive care.
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