Manchester Evening News<\/a> reported.\u00a0<\/p>\nDoctors at the medical facility sent Ms Ivers home with a diagnosis of ‘indigestion’, having reassured her that her issues were not heart-related, an inquest into her death at Stockport Coroner’s Court heard.\u00a0<\/p>\n
An autopsy later was able to establish that her pain stemmed from a tear in the aorta, the\u00a0largest artery in the human body, which carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle of the heart to the rest of the body\u00a0<\/p>\n
The damage resulted in a cardiac arrest, with Ms Ivers’ family now accusing the hospital of multiple failings in both the level of care she received and her ultimate diagnosis.<\/p>\n
After being advised to visit hospital by her GP the day before,\u00a0Ms Ivers’ partner, Simon Norbury, took her to A&E and she was ‘struggling to breathe’ in the car.<\/p>\n
Ms Ivers father had died of heart-related issues in his 40s and so there was a history of cardiac illness, the inquest was told.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Paula Ivers, 47, from Denton in Tameside, Greater Manchester, was found by her young daugher collapsed on the floor of her bedroom at the family home.<\/p>\n
Ms Ivers had packed an overnight bag as she expected to be kept in for observation, but instead after blood tests, an ECG and a chest X-ray, she was sent to the hospital’s\u00a0Same Day Emergency Care Unit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After seeing a doctor who confirmed that blood tests were regular, she was discarded with a diagnosis of\u00a0gastroesophageal reflux disease – commonly known as acid reflux – and told to treat it with over-the-counter heartburn medication.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, her severe pain did not abate and she passed away on March 8, 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ms Ivers’ sister Lesley, who is also a nurse, said\u00a0Paula\u00a0was ‘destined to be a nurse from a young age’ but had been failed by the institution she gave her life to.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘We were all relieved that she had been advised that it was nothing to do with her heart due to our family history of our dad passing away from a cardiac arrest when he was 43,’ she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘It is a cruel irony that Paula was a fierce advocate and defender of the NHS, yet when she needed it most, she was let down in the worst way possible.’<\/p>\n
Paula’s husband added: ‘We were shocked to have lost her when we were told it was indigestion and there was nothing to worry about.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
The inquest was told that the ECG and chest x-rays showed no abnormal findings and that her stats were in a ‘normal range’.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The inquest heard that Dr Osama Ahmed, a consultant in emergency medicine at Tameside, had reviewed the ECG results but had not examined Ms Ivers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The specialist said there was insufficient evidence to point to a dissecting aortic aneurysm, but acknolweged that he was unaware of\u00a0Ms Ivers’ family’s cardiac history.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dr Ahmed also admitted that there was no documentation regarding his decision to diagnose ‘low risk’ chest pain and that she was not a suitable patient for the Same Day Emergency Care Unit.<\/p>\n
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