The household of a beloved mum have shared her story after she endured ache and struggling in her final months of life after being identified with bowel most cancers.
They declare Baljeet Kaur was despatched residence from A&E twice after presenting with ache, vomiting and bleeding.
They informed how she underwent an X-ray at Sandwell Hospital in January 2019 and was despatched residence. She was seen at A&E round a month later the place she had one other scan and was as soon as once more discharged.
Following additional hospital visits, a mass was recognized in Baljeet's stomach. The mum underwent surgical procedure to take away a part of her bowel and was left with a stoma - a medical bag which permits the bowel to open outdoors of the physique. Tragically, the mum was then identified with bowel most cancers and shortly after was transferred to palliative care. She sadly died in February 2020 when she was simply 56 years previous.
Following Baljeet's loss of life, her devastated household together with daughters, Neetu Kaur, 40, and Amandeep Kaur Bhogal, 38, instructed knowledgeable medical negligence attorneys at Irwin Mitchell to analyze their mum's care beneath the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Belief.
It comes after the Hospital Belief admitted that Baljeet was negligently discharged in January 2019 and once more in February 2019. It additional admitted that had Baljeet been identified she would have averted two or three months of ache and struggling.
The Belief apologised for the failings and substandard care that Baljeet acquired. Amandeep mentioned: "To lose mum lower than a 12 months after her prognosis was actually heart-breaking and one thing we had been under no circumstances ready for.
"She was probably the most loving mum and would have executed something for anyone. It is actually powerful for us to simply accept that she's now not right here, significantly after discovering out it was terminal only one month after her surgical procedure.
"Most cancers is a horrible illness and it’s taken away one of the vital essential individuals in our lives. What makes it worse is that we really feel like extra might have been executed to assist mum and we really feel we raised our issues a number of instances."
She continued: "We'd give something to have mum again with us, however we all know that is not doable. To look at her in a lot ache and struggling in direction of the top was the worst, and all we will hope for now's that by sharing our story we will elevate consciousness of bowel most cancers. Catching it early may very well be the distinction between life and loss of life for different households."
Mark Anderson, chief medical officer for Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Belief, apologised for what occurred. He mentioned: "We wish to supply our deepest condolences to the household of Ms Kaur and are very sorry for the delay in prognosis."
Jennifer Shipley, the specialist medical negligence lawyer at Irwin Mitchell representing Neetu and Amandeep, added: "The final two years have understandably been extremely tough for Baljeet's family members. Neetu, Amandeep and the household have struggled to return to phrases with shedding their mum so shortly after her preliminary signs and subsequent prognosis.
"Their grieving was made worse by all of the questions and issues that they had over the care supplied to their mum previous to her loss of life, and whether or not extra might have been executed to assist her.
"Whereas it is sadly too late for Baljeet, we welcome the Belief's admissions. It is now very important that classes are realized to assist stop others from struggling how Baljeet did.
"Neetu and Amandeep wished to share their mum's story to make others conscious of the indicators to look out for with regards to bowel most cancers. Early detection and therapy is vital to beating this illness."
"Their grieving was made worse by all of the questions and issues that they had over the care supplied to their mum previous to her loss of life, and whether or not extra might have been executed to assist her."