A coroner has ruled a 18-year-old hairdresser needlessly died from a kidney infection because a blundering hospital failed to observe her properly.
Laura Garner was admitted to Bradford Royal Infirmary on 22 September 2009 suffering suspected appendicitis.
The teenager, who was otherwise fit and healthy, died a little more than 24 hours later after staff failed to carry out checks on her for up to 11 hours at a time.
A post-mortem revealed she died as a result of septicaemia and acute pyelonephritis - a serious bacterial infection of the kidney - but a three-day inquest into her death revealed missed chances to diagnose her.
An independent expert said if observations had been carried out regularly and diligently by staff at Bradford Royal Infirmary, Laura’s tragically young life could have been saved.
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