2009

Swindon Solicitors S.J.Edney had another busy year. We continued to act for clients who have been victims of all types of accidents - including patients who received sub-standard care at hospitals or from their GP. We recovered damages in excess of £1m for our clients during 2009!

MAYRA CABRERA

Mayra’s case was in the national news again during November and December 2009. Mayra, who was only 30 at the time, suffered a heart attack when Bupivacaine, a potent epidural anaesthetic, was mistakenly attached to an intravenous drip on the 11 May 2004 shortly after she gave birth to her son, Zac.

The Hospital Trust have now been prosecuted by the HSE for a breach of Section 3 (1) of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 :-

“3.1 It shall be the duty of every employer to conduct his undertaking in such a way as to ensure, so far as reasonably practical, that persons not in his employment who may be affected thereby are not thereby exposed to risks to their health or safety”

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