Bruising on man lifted from seat at Stansted contributed to death
25.01.12
A minor injury suffered by disabled man when he was lifted from his seat on a Thomson plane at Stansted Airport contributed to his death five days later, a coroner has ruled.
Robert Browne, 69, of Norwich, received bruising to his chest when being moved into an ‘aisle seat’ at the airport, an inquest in Norwich heard. He had been paralysed on the left side of his body for 11 years, after suffering two strokes, and needed to be lifted in and out of his seat by two people.
He died in hospital on 26 September 2010 due to bronchial pneumonia and a large haematoma in his chest wall. Medication to prevent blood clots meant haematoma could be caused by something relatively minor and become large, pathologist Dr Ahsan Ali said. Norfolk deputy coroner
Jacqueline Lake said the lifting manoeuvre had led to a haematoma in his left chest wall. Summing up, she concluded: ‘Mr Browne suffered a minor injury to his chest wall being lifted from a plane seat to an aisle chair, which led to his death, contributed to by a background of underlying serious medical conditions.’
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