A Mother’s Pain Overlooked by Medicine | Belfast News

A mother of three died after weeks of unexplained, crushing headaches dismissed as migraines — despite multiple ER visits and scans that missed critical signs of brain swelling. Her collapse and cardiac arrest led to emergency surgery that failed to save her. An inquest revealed conflicting medical opinions and missed diagnoses, including a radiologist who overlooked swelling in a suboptimal scan — though later images confirmed deterioration. The coroner ruled it a medical misadventure, a tragic outcome in a complex case, offering some closure to a family shattered by preventable loss.

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