Dr Courtenay Chase has denied she was in charge of Warren Mottley’s care. The doctor made the denial as she spent her third day on the witness stand when the Coroner’s Inquest into Mottley’s death continued yesterday. “I was never in charge of Warren Mottley’s care. I was always under advisement from Dr Griffith and Dr Farnum,” she said when questioned by Queen’s Counsel Sir Elliott Mottley. “They were in …
The doctor who attended Warren Mottley has denied that his kidneys failed sometime after his laparoscopic operation. Dr Courtenay Chase said Mottley was exhibiting decreased urine output but this was a feature that followed laparoscopic surgery. “During my time with Mr Mottley, his respiratory rate was normal. He had a normal temperature and these symptoms were not in keeping with sepsis,” she said. The doctor was spending a second day …
Stressing that she could not make a diagnosis of sepsis from a blood test, a doctor admitted that the dramatic reduction in Warren Mottley’s white blood cell count could have occurred because of the infection. Dr Courtenay Chase further told the Coroner’s Inquest she was not aware that Mottley had died from sepsis. However, she conceded that only one doctor had performed surgery on Mottley before he was diagnosed with …