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Originally Posted by Charlotte
This is tragic, but i have to agree with another poster.
If you experience complications then you're strongly advised to seek medical help immediately. She was wise to go for a scan, but unfortunately it didn't pick anything up. However, like with every medical procedure there is a risk factor, and a patient has to listen to medical advice, as it is in their best interests and allows monitoring of the situation, and take an amount of responsibility for themselves.
What a waste of a young girl's life  |
But if the hospital had given her the blood transfusion she needed WHEN she needed it, she might still be alive whether she went against medical advice or not.
She should not have to pay for that mistake with her life. The NHS fucked up here too.