Sutherland Family Receives $250,000 Following Untimely Death of Mother Following Mismanagement of Heart Condition

This matter concerns the untimely death of a lady who attended a hospital with a recent history of angina, in 2018. Upon admission, a coronary angiogram was performed which showed significant triple vessel disease, a significant disease with 80% obstruction of the left anterior descending artery, 70% stenoses in the marginal circumflex branches, and 95% proximal stenosis in the right coronary artery and reduced contractility of the inferior wall in the distribution of the artery. Also, all vessels were described as of large calibre.

Following the scan, this lady was transferred to the Defendant Hospital that very evening. The Hospital was aware of this lady’s co-morbidities, including polymyalgia which was being treated with cortisone, hypertension, questionable mild renal impairment, and some non-obstructive carotid artery plaque. Arrangements were made for her to undergo Coronary Bypass surgery. This was, unfortunately, performed incorrectly. Her health deteriorated following the procedure which was also inadequately monitored and treated, and passed away several days later from multiple organ failures.

The lady’s husband and daughters were extremely distraught by what had occurred, and they consulted Gerard Malouf & Partners seeking assistance and closure for the terrible incident that had befallen their dear wife and mother.