Medical Negligence

Mother died of cardiac arrest after doctors failed to diagnose irregular heartbeat in medical negligence case

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Elizabeth Maliakal 

Principal Solicitor for Training & Business Development 

1 min read time
30 Jun 2024

Health officials have admitted failings in care led to a 40-year-old mother-of-three’s death as her heart condition was undiagnosed, despite her repeatedly fainting.

Doctors failed to diagnose Rose Fuentebaja’s life-threatening irregular heart rhythm and mistakenly believed the issue to be neurological, rather than cardiac, even though she had been in hospital a week.

Following legal action against two NHS Trusts, led by medical negligence specialists Hudgell Solicitors, a £1m damages settlement has been agreed with her widow.

Read our full story: Mother-of-three died of cardiac arrest after doctors failed to diagnose irregular heartbeat which was indicated on ECG tests

Watch ITV News’ report: Widower says he would ‘swap money for wife back’ after £1 million settlement

Read BBC News report: Mother died after doctors missed heart problem

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