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Cardiovascular
Leigh Day & Co has secured compensation for clients who have been injured during heart surgery, whose post-operative care was substandard or whose heart conditions have been misdiagnosed or mistreated leading to the patient’s death.
Chest
Misdiagnosed or mistreated chest diseases such as TB can have far-reaching consequences for the patient. We are experienced in handling such claims.
News
Long battle for compensation finally over-
Olive Lewin, partner in the clinical negligence department at law firm Leigh Day & Co has succeeded in her claim for a client who was injured during surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Young computer programmer succeeds in his claim of clinical negligence against Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital-
Our client, a young computer programmer, suffered from rheumatic fever in childhood with the result that valves within his heart were damaged.
Family get compensation for heart infection death-
Liability was admitted by a hospital in a case of endocarditis that was badly treated and resulted in the unnecessary death of their patient. The bereaved family were represented by clinical negligence solicitor Olive Lewin.
St. Mary's fails to spot fatal heart problem-
Hospital A&E admits liability in failure to diagnose an aortic aneurysm. The man's widow was represented by Henry Dyson, specialist clinical negligence solicitor at Leigh Day & Co. Solicitors.
