Inquest told punctured vein led to kidney patient’s death at hospital

A PATIENT from Ashby died after a vein in his leg was punctured during treatment at hospital, an inquest heard.

John Glyde, 48, bled to death at the Royal Derby Hospital on June 19 while being treated for chronic kidney and heart disease.

When he was being hooked up for a dialysis session, the line nicked a vein in his leg, the hearing at Derby Coroners’ Court was told.

Mr Glyde bled to death as a result of the puncture, the inquest heard.

The medical cause of death was given as intra-abdominal haemorrhage, meaning bleeding within the abdomen, reports Derbyshirelive.

This was caused by a small hole or piercing caused by medical treatment – in Mr Glyde’s case, the dialysis procedure, the inquest heard.

The accident is said to have happened when a catheter punctured Mr Glyde’s femoral vein.

Hypertensive heart disease and chronic kidney disease from which he was already suffering were also listed as contributory factors that did not lead directly to death.

Dr Robert Hunter, the senior coroner for Derby and Derbyshire, opened the inquest and adjourned it to a later date pending further further reports.

He also declared an interest in the case, meaning Louise Pinder, assistant coroner for Derby and Derbyshire, will take over the inquest.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust, which runs Royal Derby Hospital, declined to comment until the end of the inquest.

The inquest continues.