BBCNEWS Newsday July 2, 2024
And you think that was partly due to the care . Yes, definitely. How would you characterise the care . Negligent. Inhumane. While the trust says decisions about tracheostomies are not made solely by neurosurgeons, one expert with 35 Years Experience has another view. In your opinion, was this death avoidable . Yes. And why do you say that . If he had been assessed on a daily basis, and people had |tested his swallowing on a dailyi basis they would have picked up impaired swallowing rapidly. The responsibility for protecting the patients airway must lie with the operating surgeon, who must asse...