Widow suing two hospitals over death
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The widow of a Wolverhampton father who died after an attack outside a Dudley nightclub is suing two hospitals for up to £300,000 over alleged errors and delays.
Plasterer Simon Williams was treated at the A&E department of Russells Hall Hospital, in Dudley, and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, but died within 48 hours of the attack.
His widow Catherine, who lives with their seven-year-old daughter Shannon, in Needwood Drive, Lanesfield, has now served a 13-page writ against the hospitals.
Mr Williams, 22, was knocked unconscious in the assault after an Elvis tribute at JB’s nightspot, Castle Hill, Dudley, in August 2006.
He was taken to Russells Hall Hospital where, it is claimed, doctors failed to make the right diagnosis or give the correct initial treatment.
In a writ lodged with London’s High Court, Mrs Williams claims that he was picked up by an ambulance outside the nightspot at 2.53am and arrived at Russells Hall Hospital at 3.20am.
She claims he was not seen by a doctor until 5.50am and and not given an urgent CT scan of his head. He was later transferred to Queen Elizabeth Hospital where he died later that day.
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