Patient told he had a year to live after being wrongly diagnosed with leukaemia wins £175,000 payout | Mail Online.
The stunning string of errors made by doctors at Basildon Hospital, Essex, has lead to them paying Mr Moore £175,000 as compensation. He was first admitted to the hospital with an infected wound. Doctors diagnosed MRSA and prescribed him the antibiotic Linezolid. Five days later he was readmitted suffering from severe anaemia, swelling and low haemoglobin levels. Mr Moore was then diagnosed with leukaemia and told he had just 12 months to live. But his symptoms were later discovered to be a condition called peripheral neuropathy, or nerve damage. It is believed to have been caused by the prolonged and unmonitored administration of Linezolid - which he was given to treat the suspected MRSA - had caused damage to his central nervous system.
