Retired carer left to die after hospital replaced 'old-fashioned' whiteboard with computer system A grandmother who was admitted to hospital with a broken arm died after an email mix-up meant she was not seen for three days because doctors did not know she was there.
Patricia Fowler, 75, was left lying in pain in a cardiac ward for three days before she was seen by a consultant because she had the same first name as another patient.
By then, Mrs Fowler had developed pneumonia and sepsis, which led to her death.
An inquest heard the mix-up occurred after the hospital switched from using old fashioned white boards to an email system. The Daily Telegraph
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Patricia Fowler, 75, was left lying in pain in a cardiac ward for three days before she was seen by a consultant because she had the same first name as another patient.
By then, Mrs Fowler had developed pneumonia and sepsis, which led to her death.
An inquest heard the mix-up occurred after the hospital switched from using old fashioned white boards to an email system. The Daily Telegraph
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