£100,000 in medical negligence compensation has been awarded to a Coventry grandmother, after a routine hip operation went drastically wrong.
Maggie Peabody, 51, of Wood End, was admitted to the St Cross Hospital in Rugby, for routine hip surgery after developing osteoarthritis, claim reports.
At the hospital Maggie was informed that the operation was very straightforward and the surgeon had performed it thousands of times before. However, following surgery the mother of four was informed that her sciatic nerve had accidentally been severed during the operation.
Mrs. Peabody realized, after the effects of the anesthetic wore off, that she had no feeling in her right leg, a condition which she has been informed could prove to be permanent.
Following the incident, Mrs. Peabody took legal advice and made a claim for medical negligence compensation against the UHCW NHS Trust and was awarded £100,000 in damages, which will help pay for adapted accommodation and future care costs.
The NHS Trust, following an investigation, concluded that the hospitals standard of care had fallen well below the expected standard.
The surgeon responsible is no longer employed by the UHCW NHS Trust.