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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6292597/Soldier-dies-after-being-given-cancerous-lungs-in-transplant-operation.html

Soldier dies after being given cancerous lungs in transplant operation

A soldier died after being given a pair of cancerous lungs in a transplant operation.

Published: 9:15AM BST 11 Oct 2009

Matthew Millington, 31, died at home in Brown Lees, near Stoke-on-Trent, after receiving the organs from a donor who is believed to have smoked between 30 and 50 roll-up cigarettes a day, an inquest heard.

Following the death, an investigation at Papworth Hospital, in Cambridge, pinpointed a string of problems, including issues with communication, record-keeping and patient handover. It found that a radiographer had failed to highlight the growth of a cancerous tumour.

Dr Steven Tsui, clinical director of transplant services, was not involved in the procedure, but told North Staffordshire Coroner's Court there had been problems.

He said: "There were a number of failures. I didn't feel the team performed to the standard I would expect."

Cpl Millington joined the army on his 16th birthday and rose to become a corporal in what was later to become the Queen's Royal Lancers.

He served as a tank crewman in Cyprus, Germany and Bosnia among other countries.

After leaving the Army in 2001, he was employed in a number of jobs, including installation engineer, factory worker and builder's labourer.

He was recalled in October 2005 and it was as he was serving in Iraq with the Queen's Royal Lancers at Christmas that year he was diagnosed with a lung illness.

He was told that he had only two years to live unless action was taken and in April 2007 received a double lung transplant.

But he died ten months later as a result of damage caused by disseminated lung cancer.

A lack of communication between radiographers and consultants meant it was not until October 2007 that a tumour, which had grown from eight mm to 13mm between June and August 2007 was detected.

Its' growth was accelerated by the immunosuppressive drugs Cpl Millington was taking to prevent his body rejecting the transplanted organ.

He died on February 8, 2008 at his family home in Stoke, Staffs, leaving behind wife Siobhan.

She told the inquest her husband had to go back into surgery three times in nine days as post-operative problems with infection and stitching emerged.

She said: "He came through the first one extremely well and when he woke up he said he wanted a full English breakfast.

"But it was after the third one he was in a state and in pain.

"He said from the moment he woke up other patients had told him he would be able to take a deep breath and be able to breathe.

"He said his lungs felt like two deflated balloons."

North Staffordshire coroner Ian Smith discounted a verdict of misadventure or neglect.

He said Cpl Millington had died from "complications of transplant surgery and immunosuppressive drug treatment".

He said: "This is the result the family wanted and at least these days there is more transparency about the way things are conducted.

"We are now away from the old days where things would be hushed up."

Submitted on 10/11/2009

Submitted by: Yahweh Ben Yahweh
Reference: Telegraph.co.uk - Published: 9:15AM BST 11 Oct 2009

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Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: No Self-Selection
Thanks, but there's no self-selection here. This man trusted his doctors to provide him with healthy lungs during the transplant and had no way of knowing that he'd end up with damaged transplanted lungs.


Candi said:
Definitely Toss: No Self-Selection
What Bruce said. Unfortunately, medicine is not an exact science, and sometimes things that should be detected aren't, even tho nobody is being greedy or negligent.


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