Ron Peacock 's wife Eileen Peacock died aged 72 after she was told she had less than two years to live after being diagnosed with lung cancer. Eileen was first admitted to Hull Royal Infirmary, which is run by Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust , with chest pains and scans showed a 'density' between her ribs that needed further investigation. However, nobody looked into her symptoms further and the cancer was only discovered after she had a chest x-ray after suffering from a persistent chesty cough.
Eileen was then dealt a triple blow by being told the cancer had been missed, it had increased in size over the 14 month period and it was now incurable. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access to all of our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. She was also told she likely had less than two years to live which Ron, her husband of 52 years, said is "unforgivable".
He said: "It was a disgrace what happened to Eileen. I'm determined to get justice for her and to make sure everyone is held accountable for the things that have gone wrong. "Missing the cancer on the scan was unforgivable, and Eileen was very angry and upset at how she was let down and struggled to cope with it all.
We'd been looking forward to our retirement years together and that was taken away. "She had worked as a cleaning supervisor right up until she became ill. She also loved caring for an.