After an inquest into her husband’s death, the wife expressed her “frustration” and demanded significant improvements be made to the Sutton hospital where her husband passed away.
48-year-old Phillip Morris passed away at Spire St. Anthony’s Hospital following gastric sleeve surgical recovery.
Numerous mistakes were made in the period leading up to his death, including delayed blood tests and malfunctioning life-saving equipment, according to an inquiry into his death.
Although this was not included in the coroner’s decision, his 48-year-old wife Dana had hoped that one of the conclusions would be that the hospital had neglected its duty.
“I’m a pretty measured person, but the way I see it, I don’t think Spire St. Anthony’s is going to connect those dots to make sure things are fixed unless they do a complete overhaul,” the woman stated.
“I cannot say that I left with any proof that actual activities had taken place because the coroner neglected to complete a report on the prevention of future deaths.
“I found the outcome to be frustrating. The coroner defined neglect as when someone has been starved or denied safe shelter, which is what our attorney had said.
However, upon closer inspection, I saw that Phil was so ill that he was unable to hold down water, and on Thursday, they had given him permission to leave the building. I kind of suspect, well, does that not meet the criteria then for neglect?
“At the same time, I really appreciate all of the excellent planning that the coroner and her officer performed.
“I simply feel that it leaves room for this to happen again in the absence of a report on the prevention of future deaths and a verdict of neglect.”
The father-of-one’s death was the subject of a five-day inquest from February 5–9.
He passed away in St. Anthony’s Hospital on December 10, 2021, while receiving CPR. It was discovered that several potentially life-saving devices were malfunctioning or improperly linked.
“On the balance of probabilities, it is likely that Mr. Morris would have survived the emergency intubation procedure had an appropriately attached and functional EtCO2 module,” Senior Coroner Ormond-Walshe stated. being utilised when evaluating the airway in the front of the neck or when the airway was initially created.
Senior Coroner Walshe did not reach the conclusion that Phillip’s death was caused by neglect in spite of this.
“I would have to find there was a clear connection between neglect and the death,” the woman stated in order to draw a conclusion about neglect. I will not be returning a conclusion of neglect.
Phillip had done a lot of research on the process and saw this as a “small serious risk for a life-changing reward.”
“The deceased died suffering complications of an emergency procedure carried out, in turn, to treat complications post bariatric surgery,” Senior Coroner Walshe declared in closing.
Dana is pressing the hospital to make adjustments so that these mistakes do not endanger the lives of other people.
“Director of clinical services Sheila Enright stated at the inquiry that blood tests not being taken on time had Senior Coroner Walshe did not reach the conclusion that Phillip’s death was caused by neglect in spite of this.
“It may not have been but what are they going to do to make sure this doesn’t happen again because this has now happened.
“And, it wasn’t like it was just one blood test not delivered on time – there were multiple blood tests throughout the week that hadn’t been taken on time.”
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