Hospital errors led to patient’s death, finds coroner

Hospital errors that were later exposed in a whistleblower’s letter contributed to the death of a woman five weeks after bowel surgery, a coroner has concluded.

Susan Warby, 57, was mistakenly given a glucose rather than a saline drip at West Suffolk Hospital after an operation for a perforated bowel in July 2018. Staff noticed a rise in blood sugar concentrations but gave her insulin to lower them rather than check the drip, which remained in place for 36 hours.

The Suffolk senior coroner …