The death of a 59-year-old mum who died of multiple organ failure following a knee operation could have been avoided if NHS staff had paid more attention to her deteriorating condition, a sheriff has ruled.
Linda Allan, 59, died at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy after suffering an adverse reaction to Naproxen, an anti-inflammatory medicine she was given following an operation on a fractured knee. Hours after the operation on October 17 2019, which she underwent after a garden wall gave way, her "pain score" shot up from zero to 10 out of 10, and she told staff she was feeling "rotten".
However, a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into her death heard that "nothing was done to investigate" her rapid escalation in discomfort. Instead, doctors told her that her stomach pain was constipation and a reaction to the morphine she was given as a post-op painkiller.
