Claim settled over Newcastle University professor's death

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Prof Philip Lowe died in 2020, after a mistaken diagnosis led to him receiving the wrong operation.

Prof Lowe had an academic career spanning more than 40 yearsNewcastle University professor Philip Lowe OBE died aged 69 in February 2020 after having the wrong operation to treat a twisted bowel.

Prof Lowe, founder of Newcastle University’s Centre for Rural Economy, was first treated in the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in Cramlington and then transferred to North Tyneside General to recover, before being sent back to NSECH, where he died. However, he was wrongly diagnosed as having a "pseudo obstruction" rather than a more serious one which had an increased likelihood of perforation.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

 

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