Grandmother who lost her limbs after getting sepsis from a paper loses compensation claim

A grandmother who lost her limbs after getting sepsis from a paper cut has lost her claim for compensation at Scotland’s highest civil court, the Inner House at the Court of Session.

Marguerite Henderson sued her GPs at the Benarty Medical alleging that they didn’t do enough in February 2018 to stop her falling seriously ill.

She alleged that failures in care led to surgeons having no other option but to amputate her left arm and part of the thumb of her right hand and remove both legs under her knees.

The case focused on a dispute whether a scheduled appointment on 28 February 2018 to have the cut examined was cancelled by Mrs Henderson or by a receptionist at the practice.

In her written judgment, Lady Wise said she preferred the receptionist’s evidence concerning the cancellation of the appointment. She said that this account had been supported by other evidence presented to the court.

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