A jury has found an RAF sergeant nurse was exposed to and infected with tuberculosis from a patient in hospital with the bacterial infection - but her illness was missed and treatment was "too late". Carrianne Franks was diagnosed with various other suspected illnesses, including pneumonia and Covid-19, and was only screened for TB, an aggressive form of the disease, before she died.
The tragic circumstances surrounding her death were heard at a jury inquest in Nottingham. A narrative conclusion was delivered by the jury on Friday (May 26).
They found the delay in diagnosis "probably more than minimally" contributed to her death from TB. The jury forewoman said: "On the balance of probabilities, opportunities to make an earlier diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis were missed".
