A dog walker who slipped and injured his ankle died just two weeks later - but his life could have been saved if he saw his GP face to face, a hearing heard.
Callum Jones, 27, had been walking his dog with friends at Loggerheads on October 3 last year when he slipped on a wooden footbridge and hurt his ankle. After being sent to hospital in North Wales, he was diagnosed with a fractured right ankle and given a protective boot and crutches, NorthWalesLive reports.
An inquest into his death was held in Ruthin where it was heard the 27-year-old suffered a blood clot two weeks later and died. But the inquest heard Mr Jones' clot may have been found had he had a face-to-face meeting with a doctor, rather than a telephone one. John Gittins, Senior Coroner for North Wales East and Central, branded the circumstances of the accident as "absurd".
