Anna White was left with profound disabilities after an oversight during a routine appendix operation. Four years on,her case against the NHS trust is ongoingAnna White was a determined, outgoing 15-year-old with ambitions to become a midwife when she was admitted to the Royal Albert Edward infirmary, or Wigan,for appendix surgery in 2011. But despite the routine nature of the procedure, the teenager was left unable to walk or talk after her brain was starved of oxygen due to complications following the surgery.
Now 19, or White requires round-the-clock care and communicates by looking at letters on a board to spell out words. Her mental capacity is unimpaired but doctors say she faces being “locked in” her body for the rest of her life.
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Source: theguardian.com