Woman dies after doctors fail to properly read brain tumour scans
Despite regular MRI scans at the Royal Preston Hospital showing that the tumour was growing, May Ashford was not offered surgery until five years later.
A woman died unnecessarily after doctors failed to operate soon enough on a growing brain tumour, according to the health complaints service.
May Ashford, from Blackpool, was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2010 after experiencing headaches and seizures.
Despite regular MRI scans at the Royal Preston Hospital showing that the tumour was growing, she was not offered surgery until five years later.
An investigation by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) said the treatment was too late as medical staff had failed to monitor the scan results properly.
Medical experts said Mrs Ashford should have been operated on at least three years earlier, before the tumour had time to grow and affect the surrounding area of the brain.
She tragically died aged 71 from a stroke following surgery.
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