A man who contracted salmonella from duck eggs tragically died after he was misdiagnosed by paramedics and not taken to hospital. Yorkshire Ambulance Service have admitted liability in the death of Niptoon Tavakoli, who had called 999 three times in around 85 minutes complaining of severe sickness and diarrhoea.
In two of the calls, he told operators “I need help very quick” and “I’m in trouble,” an ambulance service investigation said. When emergency services arrived at his home in Lindholme, Doncaster, a medic believed he was suffering from gastroenteritis and made the decision not to take him to hospital to prevent a sickness outbreak, the report found.
Niptoon had fallen ill just days after eating duck eggs that he had picked up at the Messingham Show in North Lincolnshire, Hull Live reports. He was exhibiting "amber" signs of sepsis, a life-threatening condition in which the immune system starts attacking the body in response to an infection.
