Only 24 hours after the doctor diagnosed him with angina and prescribed antibiotics, the 29-year-old truck driver Michael Reynolds died. The father of a few months old son Jacob collapsed shortly after picking up the drugs from the pharmacy and could not be saved anymorehe writes.
Michael sought help on November 29, 2023 for persistent cough and heavily inflamed throat. The doctor prescribed a nasal spray and recommended examination of the lungs. When his condition worsened the next day, he visited another general practitioner. Despite high fever and problems with swallowing diagnosed only angina and sent him home with antibiotics.
Just a few hours after picking up the medication, Michael collapsed and his wife Charlotte called an ambulance. In the hospital, however, a young man died of a cardiac arrest caused by an oxygen deficiency in the airway clogging. The autopsy showed that the real cause was epiglotitis – Dangerous swelling of the larynx flavor, which can cause death without immediate intervention.
Coroner in December 2023 noted that The doctor was supposed to send Michaela immediately to the emergency room And he described it as a “missed opportunity to save life”.
“Watching our son grow up without a father is unbearable. Michael was for all of us And his loss has forever left us an empty space in life. I hope to share our story will increase awareness of epiglotitis and that a similar error will not be repeated, ” Charlotte spoke (31).
The family turned to lawyers with a request to investigate possible misconduct in providing healthcare. “It is incomprehensible that the young father lost his life after such a wrong diagnosis. It is now crucial for healthcare facilities to learn from this tragedy and the safety of patients is improved, ”he said Rosa’s lawyer Charlton, who pointed to a serious system failure.
