CB, brings this action alleging medical negligence in relation to an operation which was performed on 12 November 2007. The purpose of the operation was to burst a cyst on her kidney. At the date of the operation she was one year old having been born in November 2006. The operation was to be performed as a day case. It was not an open procedure. During the course of the operation the plaintiff’s small bowel was perforated and she received a laceration of her bladder. The defendant’s admit liability for these injuries and for the consequences that ensued. After the operation the damage to the plaintiff’s bowel and bladder were not appreciated and she was discharged. That evening, at home, she became extremely unwell with abdominal distension and sepsis caused, as things subsequently transpired, by the leaking of material from her bowel into her abdomen. She was re-admitted to hospital. She was extremely unwell.
Stephens J
[2015] NIQB 44
Bailii
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland, Professional Negligence, Contract
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