A grieving husband has told how his world has "fallen apart" after the sudden death of his wife who only had a "mild cold". Ricky Hill said wife Lindsey had been suffering with a mild cough and cold over the festive period, but they had just put it down to the flu that a number of people also seemed to have.
But Ricky, 41, said Lindsey, who already had a number of health problems, started to get worse, so they called the GP for advice. She was prescribed antibiotics, but Ricky, from Coventry, said his wife continued to deteriorate.
After feeling like something "was not quite right", Ricky decided to call 999 and paramedics decided Lindsey needed to go to hospital for further checks because of her pre-existing health conditions, CoventryLive reports. In a tragic turn of events, Lindsey contracted sepsis while at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) - a life-threatening reaction to an infection.
