Overview
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham assessed her last week and declined to add her to the transplant waiting list, citing concerns she would not survive or recover from surgery.
- She says prior assessments at Royal Hallamshire in Sheffield indicated she met criteria for a transplant after fitness, lung function, catheter and blood tests.
- She reports clinicians later referenced anatomical issues with how her lungs sit in her rib cage as an additional factor in the decision.
- She had a severe water infection during the QE assessment and believes it affected judgements, though she says a doctor told her the infection markers would not change the outcome.
- Her son has lodged a formal complaint, and the hospital says a multidisciplinary team made the decision and has requested a second opinion from another transplant centre.