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Mother loses hand following negligent surgery at Broomfield Hospital

A woman with long, straight dark brown hair is smiling at the camera. She is wearing a black short-sleeve shirt and stands in front of a window with a blurry cityscape background.
Christina Gardiner
A team of surgeons, wearing surgical masks and blue scrubs, intently work on a patient under bright operating room lights. The environment is sterile, and their serious expressions suggest deep concentration.
Ms B, a new mother, instructed Christina Gardiner to pursue a claim against Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust following negligently offered sclerotherapy to treat arteriovenous malformation (an abnormal connection between arteries and veins, bypassing the capillary system) which eventually resulted in her having to have her hand amputated.

The original operation, in addition to being negligently offered, was also negligently performed and Ms B suffered acute deterioration and rapid progression of symptoms in her hand, with infection and ischaemia.

Christina argued that but for the sclerotherapy, Ms B would have avoided the period of prolonged significant pain that she suffered, with the need for multiple hospital admissions for infection, repeated painful dressings, strong analgesia, surgical debridements and sequential amputations.

Ms B suffered excruciating pain, spent a lot of time in hospital and was unable to care for her baby daughter. The amputation of her hand finally ended the pain, but this did not change the fact that for more than a year, Ms B experienced agony in relation to her hand, and compensation was owed.

Christina constantly negotiated with the Trust, on each occasion forcing them to concede further, ultimately resulting in a final settlement of nearly five times that initially offered.

Mrs B and her family said they were incredibly grateful to Fieldfisher, and particularly Christina, who guided and advised the family throughout the extremely traumatic period.

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For further information about surgery negligence claims and vascular surgery negligence claims, please call Christina Gardiner on 03304606746 or email christina.gardiner@fieldfisher.com.

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