A 24 year old man has received a six figure compensation for a problem caused during heart surgery almost 20 years ago resulting in brain damage.

Just four years old at the time, and suffering from a congenital heart condition, the boy underwent surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. The parents of the boy said that following the surgery their son had been left on heart bypass for too long and that he had not been correctly taken off it. They say that following the surgery there were signs of cognitive impairment which have continued and resulted in his permanent learning difficulties.

Hospital Trust Eventually Agreed To Compensation Settlement

The claim for compensation was held against the hospital trust who had, for a long time, said that there were no grounds for a compensation claim. However, just before the case was due to be heard it agreed to a compensation pay out for the boy. The undisclosed figure is said to be a six figure sum.

Bristol Heart Surgery Cases

Following the news of the compensation settlement, there will be a second public inquiry into paediatric cardiac services in Bristol after further deaths have occurred at the Royal Hospital for Children. Preceding this was a public inquiry in to heart surgery performed at Bristol heart surgery unit which resulted in what is thought to be the biggest inquiry into the NHS. The inquiry found an ‘old boys culture’ with the doctors and lack of management control and uncertainty about the performance of doctors.

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