A young childcare worker died after developing both acute autoimmune hepatitis and Covid-19 while waiting for a liver transplant, Inquisition heard.
Katie Horne, 21, was diagnosed with jaundice, dark urine, and jaundice, dark urine, just one month after her first visit to The Princess of West Sussex Royal Hospital on April 11, 2020. Died of fatigue, convulsions.
She was then transferred to King's College Hospital in London with the intention of receiving a liver transplant, but she tested positive for Covid-19. time.
Chief Coroner Andrew Harris drew simple conclusions of natural causes, liver failure,the impact of her Covid-19 pandemic on hospitals and Ms. Horn's A combination of being infected with A-19 led to her death.
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PA)Which hospital tested positive for Covid-19 Although there was "no evidence" that Ms. Horn had provided inadequate care, she expressed concern about the delay in receiving results and the involvement of a gastroenterologist in her care.{51
At an inquest at the Inner South Coroner's Court in London on Wednesday, the court said that Mr Horn, who had a family history of autoimmune disease, had blood tests to identify which type of hepatitis he had. I heard there was a delay in receiving the results. She attributed the "backlog" in her lab as a result of her pandemic.
Consultant Tatiana Viner, who saw Ms. Horn two days after she first reported symptoms on March 1, said that when she first visited the hospital, the scene was devastated. had no gastroenterologist, he said at the inquest.
When Ms. Horn saw her on March 3, she was asked if Ms. Viner had tracked her test results, and she said that if she had been a junior doctor, she would have. Deaf, she said, she guessed.
When she asked why she hadn't done so, she replied, "Because I was busy."
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Facebook)Ms. Horn returned to the hospital two more times before receiving her results, returning on March 16 and 15. I met with gastroenterologist Nick Parnell, Ph.D. After she went to the hospital for her first time.
When asked by the coroner why he hadn't approached a gastroenterologist who said he should have been on the scene, Dr. Parnell said, "Why wasn't their advice sought?
He described Ms. Horn's condition, which was later confirmed to be acute autoimmune hepatitis leading to acute liver failure, as "rare" and "aggressive."
On March 18, Ms. Horn was admitted to the Princess Royal as an inpatient and began steroid treatment on March 20. She started taking her treatment 10 days earlier than she did.
Ms. Horn was subsequently transferred to King's College Hospital in London on 24 March, where she was placed under the care of Dr. Varna Alvihair.
However, she tested positive for Covid-19 four days later – meaning she was infected before being admitted to King's Hospital and was no longer eligible for a transplant.
Mr. Horn was transferred to the intensive care unit on April 5 after a "rapid deterioration" and died on April 11. ``Better results'' were obtained, but it was not known whether she survived.
He told the inquest: This is not very reassuring for her family.
He added: It is inconceivable.
"Nothing can repair their lives from this devastating loss."
Following the verdict, her father, Tony Horn, told his PA correspondence: He said: “It took me two years and four months to get here. Katie was just beginning her life and was 21.
“She had just started a new job and loved what she did.
"We are always missing something. I just want people to learn a lesson so that no one is ever in this position again."
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