Mother sues health department over adult son's death from heart condition mishap

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A grieving mother is suing the Tasmanian Health Service over the death of her adult son James Maurice Smith at the Royal Hobart Hospital in 2015.

A grieving mother is suing the Tasmanian Health Service over the death of her adult son at the Royal Hobart Hospital in 2015.A coronial investigation found had he been diagnosed on an earlier ED visit, he would have stood a 75 per cent chance of survivingJames Maurice Smith, 38, died on June 13, 2015 following a cardiac arrest due to an aortic dissection.

He was taken to the RHH by ambulance — during which time he developed lower abdominal and right lower back pain. Around midnight, a general surgical registrar listed a number of possible causes and ordered a CT scan of the abdomen. It was "poor medical practice for Mr Smith's blood lactate level to have been ignored" — further investigation may have revealed his condition was vascular in nature

 

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