£92,000 in medical negligence compensation was awarded to the mother of two, who almost lost her life after a routine gall stone operation.
According to reports Paula Thomas, 38, from Waters Edge, in Middleton, was admitted to the Methley Park private Hospital, near Castleford, in Yorkshire for surgery, after being diagnosed with a gall stone.
Following the routine operation, Mrs. Thomas, appeared to be making a good recovery but a few days after surgery was re-admitted to Methley Park in extreme pain, she was later transferred to the Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield, where her condition became life threatening after she suffered multiple organ failure.
The High Court in London was told that during her initial operation Mrs. Thomas’s bile duct had been damaged, which led to her life threatening condition and the draining of seven litres of bile from her body.
Against surgeon Paul Curley who originally denied liability, maintaining that other problems could have caused the injury, Mrs. Thomas made a claim for medical negligence compensation.
However, Mrs. Thomas, following the High Court hearing, was awarded £92,000 in damages, after the court ruled that her injuries had indeed been caused through negligence.