Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Colchester Hospital Agrees to Pay 5.5 Million Compensation Over Meningitis Treatment Delay

Colchester Hospital has agreed to pay a compensation of over 5.5 million at the London High Court after delays in treating a nine-year old meningitis patient meant that she was left with permanent brain damage. Ellie Sutton was eight months old when her GP suspected that she may be suffering from meningitis and recommended that her parents take her to the pediatric unit at the hospital. The doctors took her temperature and though they found it to be 39.9 degree Celsius, ...

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