A retired retail manager who died of severe salmonella poisoning after frying and eating four duck eggs he bought at a country show would have been diagnosed with the infection sooner if he had been taken to hospital by ambulance when he called for help, an inquest has found. Jurors said the opportunity to administer antibiotics within the first hour was missed and this contributed to “his prospect of survival”.
An intensive care specialist said Niptoon Tavakoli, 65, had one of the worst cases of salmonella he had ever seen. Mr Tavakoli died in hospital two months after becoming ill after eating eggs bought from a stall at Messingham Show, in North Lincolnshire, on June 2, 2019.
An inquest jury heard how he first called an ambulance on June 7 after suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting, but the crew decided to not to take him to hospital, instead giving him advice. His wife Cheryl told the inquest how she called an ambulance again on June 10 as she was very concerned about her husband, fearing he may have developed sepsis.
