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Pauline Bugden, 49, had undergone knee surgery after injuring her right leg and left shoulder during a fall at home in December 2006. She was admitted to the Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham twice after the operation but died from a pulmonary embolism (PE) in the lung after receiving care which the hospital has admitted was sub-standard. Mrs Bugden’s family is awaiting an undisclosed payout from Medway NHS Foundation Trust after it accepted liability. Mrs Bugden stayed in hospital for two days after the operation before being sent home wearing a plaster cast. An inquest at County Hall in Maidstone was told Mrs Bugden, from Chatham, Kent, attended an outpatients appointment on January 8, 2007 to have the plaster removed. Mrs Bugden, who suffered epileptic seizures and was clinically obese, was seen by a locum accident and emergency doctor on the evening of January 12 after experiencing shortness of breath and coughing. She was discharged with antibiotics after being diagnosed with
See link and text below: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/6835567/Mother-died-from-blood-clot-doctors-didnt-spot.html Mother died from blood clot doctors didn’t spot A mother-of-six died from a blood clot which was not spotted until the day of her death even though she was seen twice by hospital doctors, an inquest concluded. Published: 6:26PM GMT 17 Dec 2009 Pauline Bugden, 49, had undergone knee surgery after injuring her right leg and left shoulder during a fall at home in December 2006. She was admitted to the Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham twice after the operation but died from a pulmonary embolism (PE) in the lung after receiving care which the hospital has admitted was sub-standard. Mrs Bugden’s family is awaiting an undisclosed payout from Medway NHS Foundation Trust after it accepted liability. Mrs Bugden stayed in hospital for two days
