The claimant suffered permanent paralysis from the waist down having been injected with a spinal anaesthetic called nupercaine. The nupercaine was traditionally stored in glass ampoules. The ampoules were kept in a phenol solution in order to keep them disinfected. Unknown to anyone, minute invisible cracks had formed in the ampoules, which had allowed the phenol to contaminate the nupercaine. Although this evidence was professionally doubted, it was accepted at trial. It was held that the defendants could not have guarded against such an event happening on the basis that it was unforeseeable and, therefore, they escaped liability for negligence.
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#clinical-negligence #negligence #tort
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Roe v Minister Of Health [1954] 2 QB 66
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#clinical-negligence #negligence #tort
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Roe v Minister Of Health [1954] 2 QB 66
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The claimant suffered permanent paralysis from the waist down having been injected with a spinal anaesthetic called nupercaine. The nupercaine was traditionally stored in glass ampoules. The ampoules were kept in a phenol solution in order to keep them disinfected. Unknown to anyone, minute invisible cracks had formed in the ampoules, which had allowed the phenol to contaminate the nupercaine. Although this evidence was professionally doubted, it was accepted at trial. It was held that the defendants could not have guarded against such an event happening on the basis that it was unforeseeable and, therefore, they escaped liability for negligence.
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