A "gentle, kind and loving" man died from a blood clot two weeks after spraining his ankle while walking his dog. Callum Jones, 27, collapsed at home days after slipping on a footbridge and injuring his ankle at Loggerheads Country Park near Mold on October 3 last year.
Mr Jones was out walking with his family and their pets at the park on a rainy day when the dog he was walking tugged on the lead, causing him to slip on a wooden footbridge. After initially being diagnosed with a fractured ankle, he later became breathless and developed pains in his shoulder and chest before collapsing and dying in hospital on October 18.
An inquest into Mr Jones' death held on Tuesday, June 7 in Ruthin heard that the circumstances could have been different if he had had a face-to-face meeting with a doctor rather than a telephone consultation, North Wales Live reports. Following his initial diagnosis, the 27-year-old was given a protective 'moon boot', a fact not known to his GP, who he later spoke to over the phone rather than in person.
