06/22/2025 (Sun) 23:01
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>Patient died after being left waiting in A&E for 24 hoursA patient who waited 24 hours to be seen in A&E died after doctors failed to review his x-ray results for 12 hours.Lionel David Harker died at the Royal Blackburn Hospital on April 26 last year. Lionel, a retired warehouseman from Nelson, had gone to A&E on April 17 in extreme pain. He was diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis but he was left waiting in the department for around 24 hours before it became clear that he was also suffering from a perforated ulcer.https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/patient-died-after-being-left-31894350