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Epileptic girl, 17, who choked on her own vomit in a hospital bed ‘was ignored by two nurses’
- Lassania Aslam, 17, suffered five epileptic fits in the space of 24 hours
- Caroline O’Rourke and Mary Subaste failed to look after her properly
- Coroner’s court hear how hospital neglect contributed to her death
By Steve Robson
PUBLISHED: 09:35, 23 November 2012 | UPDATED: 10:53, 23 November 2012
Tragic: Lassania Aslam had learning disabilities and was a life-long sufferer of epilepsyTwo nurses who ignored the plight of an epileptic girl who died after she inhaled her own vomit in a hospital bed face being struck off.
Lassania Aslam, 17, suffered five seizures in the space of 24 hours after being admitted to The Whittington Hospital in Archway, north London.
But senior nurses Caroline O’Rourke and Mary Subaste failed to ensure she was looked after properly as the 17-year-old’s brain was starved of oxygen, a tribunal heard.
Subaste had witnessed two of Lassania’s fits, one of which lasted for six minutes.
The True Story Of A Man Who Lived With The 10-year Terminal Illness Of His Wife
Guest Blog – Max Emmenegge
WILL YOU TELL HER, OR SHALL I?
The True Story Of A Man Who Lived With The 10-year Terminal Illness Of His Wife
An Autobiography
My wife Liz had a massive seizure one evening when we were dressing to go out to dinner with friends in Orlando, Florida. The title of my book derives from the question a doctor posed when a CAT Scan revealed a tumour the size of a tennis ball on her meninges. I was barely able to take it in. He took my arm. “Come on, we’ll tell her together.”
Her tumour was, fortunately, benign. It was removed at the Orlando Regional Medical Center a week later. When she was well enough, I brought her home to England to be near the family. I brought her MRI scans with me. She was 53. The year was 1993.
What do you think? Government pledge for end-of-life care welcomed by Norfolk families
Hospitals which fail to consult patients and their families over end-of-life care decisions could face legal action under new rules unveiled by North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb yesterday.
By DAVID BLACKMORE Tuesday, November 6, 2012
9:28 AM
Hospitals which fail to consult patients and their families over end-of-life care decisions could face legal action under new rules unveiled by North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb yesterday.
The care services minister said a new legal obligation in the NHS constitution would make “clear and explicit” the right of patients and their families to be informed over end-of-life treatment decisions, including the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP).
The announcement was last night welcomed by two West Norfolk families who claim their partners were put on the controversial care plan without being consulted or agreeing to it.
It also came as Denise Charlesworth-Smith, who lives in Brookville, near Methwold, yesterday met Conservative peer Baroness Knight who is calling for an independent inquiry to the care plan.
