Director of Research and Enterprise at the University of Lincoln Andrew Stevenson. | Photo: Steve Smailes
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) has apologised after doctors missed a patient’s heart tear and sent him home before he sadly died later the same week.
Andrew Stevenson, 47, was cycling and started suffering from a number of worrying symptoms, so he went to Lincoln County Hospital.
The tear near his heart was not spotted and on Sunday, December 13, 2020 Andrew, who was the Director of Research & Enterprise at the University of Lincoln, tragically passed away.
An inquest heard that he was taken to Lincoln County Hospital with a list of symptoms that should have put doctors on high alert, according to