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Scottish family furious as mum dies of organ failure after going in for knee operation

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Published date26 June 2022
Linda Allan, 59, had been taken into hospital in Fife after she had suffered a fractured knee from a bad fall at her home. However, the mum-of-two died eight days later at the Victoria Hospital due to multiple organ failure

Speaking about the horrendous ordeal, her children said that Linda had been given strong anti-inflammatory medication for the fracture, but that it had gone on to react with a stomach ulcer.

Leaving the 59-year-old in agonising pain, she then went on to suffer a cardiac arrest after the stomach ulcer burst during her hospital stay.

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Daughter Sharon Adams, 38, told The Record: "As far as we're concerned, every person that came into contact with our mum failed her.

"Those people should be held accountable and wider lessons need to be learned to improve gaps in NHS processes so this doesn't happen again and we really hope the Fatal Acciden Inquiry (FAI) will achieve this."

The Record reports that NHS Fife have now drafted a series of problems that took place regarding Linda's care, which will be investigated in an FAI next month, with a full hearing set for November.

Linda, from Kirkcaldy, was admitted to Ward 33 at Victoria Hospital after attending A&E on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, and underwent surgery two days later.

Within 48 hours, she began to suffer stomach pains which doctors told her was constipation caused by morphine. But by Sunday, October 20, Linda's family said she was suffering pain so severe she couldn't even respond to her daughter's texts.

Within hours, she suffered a cardiac arrest before it emerged her stomach ulcer had burst and was bleeding into her bowel – causing the multiple organ failure. Her heartbroken daughters were left with no choice but to turn off the ventilators and on October 23 Linda passed away.

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