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Pre-Inquest Hearing Sets March Jury Inquest in UK Rabies Death of Yvonne Ford

The case will be heard by a jury because rabies is a notifiable disease.

Overview

  • A pre-inquest hearing was held on December 5 at Sheffield’s Medico Legal Centre.
  • An assistant coroner scheduled a four-day inquest to start on March 2, with six witnesses to testify before a jury.
  • Family members questioned whether the NHS was ready to manage the diagnosis and say they were told during treatment that she did not have rabies.
  • Yvonne Ford, 59, became unwell at the end of May after a puppy scratch in Morocco and was treated at Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield.
  • She died in hospital on June 11, and her relatives say they want the inquest to clarify clinical decisions and communications.