{"id":756,"date":"2016-05-09T08:06:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T07:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/?p=756"},"modified":"2021-06-22T13:57:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T12:57:08","slug":"girls-dies-after-surgery-on-ward-performed-by-torchlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/girls-dies-after-surgery-on-ward-performed-by-torchlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Girls Dies After Surgery on Ward Performed by Torchlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 14 year old girl has died at Bristol Children\u2019s Hospital after she underwent emergency surgery on a ward, an inquest has heard.<\/span><\/p>\n

Emma Welch was admitted to hospital in June last year to correct a curvature of her spine. She suffered internal bleeding afterwards, for which she needed emergency surgery.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was night-time when the complication was identified, meaning only two out of the hospital\u2019s nine operating theatres were open. <\/span><\/p>\n

Both of these were in use at the time, forcing doctors to perform surgery on the ward.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ward had very dim lighting, so torches were used to provide enough light to work by. Sadly she lost blood very rapidly and died just hours later.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now Emma\u2019s family are calling for more operating theatres to stay open at night. Her grandfather, Anthony Close, said \u201cunanswered questions still remain\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n

At an inquest, Avon Coroner Maria Voisin concluded Emma had died \u201cfrom the intended consequence of planned and necessary medical treatment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Bryony Strachan, clinical chair of women\u2019s and children\u2019s services at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust said:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhilst any surgery or treatment carries risks, we do our utmost to ensure that we keep the children in our care safe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs a hospital we will always review these rare circumstances, to make the treatment and the surgery we give as safe as possible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Negligent medical care<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

If you or your loved one has suffered negligent medical care, please get in touch with us at Glynns Solicitors. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A 14 year old girl has died at Bristol Children\u2019s Hospital after she underwent emergency surgery on a ward, an inquest has heard. Emma Welch was admitted to hospital in June last year to correct a curvature of her spine. She suffered internal bleeding afterwards, for which she needed emergency surgery. It was night-time when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,408],"tags":[834,193,835,832,833],"class_list":["post-756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emergency-care-2","category-surgical-negligence","tag-avon-coroner","tag-bristol-childrens-hospital","tag-emma-welch","tag-surgery-on-ward","tag-torchlit-surgery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":757,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756\/revisions\/757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glynns.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}