An A&E doctor failed to diagnose a woman with a severe infection hours before she died — and he then tried to cover up his mistake. Dr Allen Demanya's failings at Royal Glamorgan Hospital near Talbot Green amounted to serious misconduct, a medical tribunal has found.
Dr Demanya was working as a locum middle-grade doctor at the A&E in the early hours of February 26, 2019, when the woman arrived by ambulance. The 75-year-old's symptoms included diarrhoea, fever, a fast heart rate and low blood pressure. A nurse wrote a note that the woman had "possible sepsis".
The doctor then examined the patient at 3am and prescribed medication. At around 4am she fell off her trolley and was found on the floor of her cubicle by a nurse. Dr Demanya was among the staff who treated her during the night. At 7am another doctor expressed concern over her condition. The woman died at 12.40am the following day.
