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A grieving husband has received a £1million payout from the NHS after his wife died when medics dismissed her fatal heart condition as anxiety.
Mother-of-three Rose Fuentebaja had been in hospital for a week when she suffered a cardiac arrest and tragically died in June 2017.
Blundering doctors at Warwick Hospital had believed her issue was neurological despite her repeatedly fainting and tests showing disturbances in her heart rate.
Medical negligence lawyers have now secured a huge damages settlement for Mrs Fuentebaja's husband Darrel.
But the grieving father, who is now raising his three children alone, said his wife was failed by the NHS.
Mother-of-three Rose Fuentebaja was dismissed by ambulance crews and doctors who believed her fatal heart condition was just anxiety
Mrs Fuentebaja was a nurse herself in a private hospital before she died from a cardiac arrest following several fainting spells
Mrs Fuentebaja, a nurse for 16 years who worked in a private hospital, first fell ill at home but ambulance crews that were called to the house reassured her she was fine and did not take her to A&E.
The following day, she began to suffer from pins and needles in her hands and feet and fainted again.
This time an ambulance did take her to hospital, but unable to determine the cause, she was assessed and sent home.
On May 23, 2017, just a few days later, Mrs Fuentebaja fainted again and was taken to hospital by ambulance where she underwent numerous ECG tests.
Disturbances in her heartbeat were identified - but she was not placed on continual heart monitoring.
Instead, she was transferred to a neurological department at Coventry Hospital, where she was found unresponsive by a nurse who was doing her rounds, with attempts to resuscitate her proving unsuccessful.
The mother-of-three died of a cardiac arrest on June 4, 2017.
They also admitted that Mrs Fuentebaja should have been advised to go to hospital that day.
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust admitted that failing to refer Mrs Fuentebaja to cardiology, and failing to place her on constant heart monitoring, was also a breach of duty.
It admitted that had this happened, she was have been correctly diagnosed, and treated with beta blocker medication.
And even if she had still suffered the cardiac arrest she would have received swift defibrillation and resuscitation, and she would have survived.
Specialist medical negligence solicitor Elizabeth Maliakal, of Hudgell Solicitors, who represented the family said: 'Mrs Fuentebaja's death was wholly avoidable.
More at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...edics-said-fatal-heart-condition-anxiety.html
Mother-of-three Rose Fuentebaja had been in hospital for a week when she suffered a cardiac arrest and tragically died in June 2017.
Blundering doctors at Warwick Hospital had believed her issue was neurological despite her repeatedly fainting and tests showing disturbances in her heart rate.
Medical negligence lawyers have now secured a huge damages settlement for Mrs Fuentebaja's husband Darrel.
But the grieving father, who is now raising his three children alone, said his wife was failed by the NHS.
Mother-of-three Rose Fuentebaja was dismissed by ambulance crews and doctors who believed her fatal heart condition was just anxiety
Mrs Fuentebaja was a nurse herself in a private hospital before she died from a cardiac arrest following several fainting spells
Mrs Fuentebaja, a nurse for 16 years who worked in a private hospital, first fell ill at home but ambulance crews that were called to the house reassured her she was fine and did not take her to A&E.
The following day, she began to suffer from pins and needles in her hands and feet and fainted again.
This time an ambulance did take her to hospital, but unable to determine the cause, she was assessed and sent home.
On May 23, 2017, just a few days later, Mrs Fuentebaja fainted again and was taken to hospital by ambulance where she underwent numerous ECG tests.
Disturbances in her heartbeat were identified - but she was not placed on continual heart monitoring.
Instead, she was transferred to a neurological department at Coventry Hospital, where she was found unresponsive by a nurse who was doing her rounds, with attempts to resuscitate her proving unsuccessful.
The mother-of-three died of a cardiac arrest on June 4, 2017.
They also admitted that Mrs Fuentebaja should have been advised to go to hospital that day.
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust admitted that failing to refer Mrs Fuentebaja to cardiology, and failing to place her on constant heart monitoring, was also a breach of duty.
It admitted that had this happened, she was have been correctly diagnosed, and treated with beta blocker medication.
And even if she had still suffered the cardiac arrest she would have received swift defibrillation and resuscitation, and she would have survived.
Specialist medical negligence solicitor Elizabeth Maliakal, of Hudgell Solicitors, who represented the family said: 'Mrs Fuentebaja's death was wholly avoidable.
More at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...edics-said-fatal-heart-condition-anxiety.html
