This is the trial of C’s claim for damages for clinical negligence arising out of an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography procedure (ERCP) performed on 16 July 2019 by D2. C was a private patient at the Hospital, which is owned and operated by D1. [1]
C was born on 27 February 1968. [20]
On 16 July 2019, C underwent an ERCP at the Hospital, performed by D2. The ERCP revealed an 8mm stone in the distal common bile duct, which was removed. [26]
On 17 July 2019 at 02:29, C attended emergency department severe abdominal pain. Severe acute necrotising post ERCP pancreatitis was diagnosed. [45]
[Issues appear to be:
was diclofenac administered to C?
if not. was this a breach of duty?
was this omission causative of post ERCP pancreatitis?]
i) There be judgment for C against D2 in the sum of £550,000.
ii) The claim against D1 be dismissed. [326]
As a result of Diclofenac not being administered, C suffered life-threatening severe acute necrotising post ERCP pancreatitis. After the ERCP, C was in hospital for nearly four months, during which time he underwent multiple operations. [327]
