Port Talbot woman sent home by hospital died with blood clot

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Port Talbot woman sent home by hospital ***** with blood clot

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***** Ellis ***** hours after being sent home from hospital

The family of a woman who ***** of a heart ******* due to a blood clot after being sent home from hospital have said she was “*******” by the NHS.

***** Ellis, 36, from Cwmavon, Neath Port Talbot, ***** on 28 March 2020 after being discharged from Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend “within half an hour” of arriving with chest pains.

She ***** in her 18-year-old son’s arms soon after arriving home.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg health officials have apologised and the family said they had been paid £160,000 in compensation.

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Port Talbot street artist Steve Jenks has painted a mural of ***** Ellis

Ms Ellis’s son started CPR when he spoke to a paramedic on the phone while waiting for an ambulance, but it was too late.

Deanna Ellis, 20, said she would never forget the shock of seeing her mother lying ***** on the bedroom floor.

“I ran upstairs to see her, I collapsed,” she said.

“It took two or three people to get me off her because she just wasn’t waking up,” she said.

Her mother, Sandra Bartlett, 61, said: “I thought I was looking at someone else’s life.”

Ms Bartlett said her daughter had “a quick ECG” (electrocardiogram test) at hospital before being discharged.

“When she went into that hospital, she should have had a blood test,” Ms Bartlett added.

“She could have had blood thinner, they could have put stents in, but more so, they could have kept her at the hospital.

“The NHS is an amazing service, but they ******* my daughter. They ******* her through something as simple as a blood test.”

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Sandra Bartlett and Deanna Ellis say ***** Ellis was ******* by the NHS

Ms Ellis’s two children have been awarded £160,000 of compensation from the NHS, £30,000 of which has been spent on legal fees.

Ms Bartlett said the pain the family endured was irreversible.

“I had a meeting with the hospital and they said to me the sentence that I will never forget – ‘mistakes happen’.

“This mistake cost a young woman her life.”

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board said its “heartfelt condolences” were with the family.

“As a health board, we have apologised to *****’s family for the instances where her care fell short of the high standards we expect for all of our patients, and have ensured that learning from this case has informed improvements in care for the future.”

NHS Wales said it did not want to comment further.

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