Our client, a woman from Aylesford, Kent, lost her husband in December 2012 (aged 66).
In October 2012 the deceased began to experience chest pain and was taken to Maidstone Hospital. There he was assessed and then discharged home with a prescription for Amoxicillin and no follow-up. Two months later he suffered a myocardial infarction whilst in bed next to his wife. His children attempted to resuscitate him, however this was unsuccessful and he was later pronounced dead. A post mortem confirmed the cause of death to be ischaemic heart disease.Continue reading this article