Coroner told grandfather died after being given wrong drug
A PENSIONER died at a Leeds hospital after a nurse gave him another patient’s medication by mistake.
An inquest at Wakefield heard grandfather-of-16 Raymond Stott, 66, of Beeston, was allergic to the antibiotic amoxycillin he was given in error on April 4 last year and suffered an anaphylactic reaction.
He died despite attempts by staff to save him.
Nurse Chloe Abell told the inquest she asked fellow nurse Glenn Domopoy to administer the intravenous drug to the patient in bed two and left it on the IV table in the respiratory care unit.
But the inquest heard Domopoy dealt with a number of other patients first and it was around 20 minutes before she picked up the drug and proceeded to give it to the wrong patient.
The inquest was Domopoy has since sacked by the trust.
Recording a narrative verdict, Assistant Coroner Mr told been McLoughlin said: “Raymond Stott died after suffering an anaphylactic reaction to a drug he was known to be allergic to.”
He was admitted to St James’s in March 2016 after collapsing at his home in Beeston with a heart attack. He suffered a second heart attack in hospital and was taken to the Intensive Care Unit, where he stayed for 21 days before being moved to a ward. Mr Stott had been diagnosed with emphysema and had a tracheostomy to help him breathe.
Dr Yvette Oade, of Leeds Teaching Hospitals, said: “A detailed investigation was carried out by the trust following Mr Stotts’ death which identified lessons to be learned and we have changed our practice as a result.”