A 20-year-old man has been awarded compensation after suffering a brain injury and heart attack when he went in to have his tonsils removed. Corey Wilkinson, who was 19 at the time, went to the Diana Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimbsy to have his tonsils removed in November 2021.
He then went to Leeds to be with his girlfriend and recover from the surgery. However, that evening, Corey was rushed to hospital due to bleeding following his operation.
He later suffered a cardiac arrest and, as doctors worked to fit a breathing tube, Corey was starved of oxygen twice as his airways became blocked due to the volume of blood. Corey also had an emergency tracheostomy, cutting a hole in his neck to insert a breathing tube, but the incident left Corey starved of oxygen for around 15 minutes.
