A 46-year-old mother has died from a stroke caused by an E coli infection an inquest has heard . Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Burnley Express, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. Laura Farmer was admitted to University College Hospital in London on April 20 after experiencing a diarrhoeal illness about 10 days earlier.
She was diagnosed with haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) caused by Shiga toxin producing E coli. When she was thought to be in the recovery phase, she died from an unexpected stroke. Advertisement Advertisement When Ms Farmer became ill her family wanted to understand what happened and keep themselves as safe as possible, she was spoken to by someone from public health the day before she died, however as Ms Farmer was in intensive care she was unable to give a full detailed picture.
The UKHSA did not at any stage ask her husband for information to help determine the source of the E coli infection, despite the couple visiting a local restaurant on April 6 and recently having food and drinks at local military establishments. The report also explains that Mr Farmer was not given advice about “how to keep himself and their child safe” from E coli. He cleaned the family bathroom in anticipation of his wife returning home from hospital, but did not use any personal protective equipment, later becoming unwell himself, leaving him “terrified that his own actions might leave his child an orphan.
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