Punctured artery lead to two-year-old's hospital death

A two-year-old boy, who was a severe haemophiliac, died as a result of heavy blood loss when an artery was punctured in a hospital operation, an inquest heard tonight.

Punctured artery lead to two-year-old's hospital death

A two-year-old boy, who was a severe haemophiliac, died as a result of heavy blood loss when an artery was punctured in a hospital operation, an inquest heard tonight.

Stephen Nowlan, the father of Pierce, said the consultant anaesthetist told him afterwards that she would not have carried out the procedure to insert the device the same way if she had known he was a severe haemophiliac.

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