Hospital procedures have now been changed after early warning signs of blood clot problem – chest pains and shortness of breath – were missed by a doctor at the fracture clinic, who mistook the symptoms as crutch-induced ailments, it emerged.
Advocate Richard John Findlay Pirie (53) died on 13 January 2012 – more than two weeks after fracturing his ankle while playing golf with his son. Just days earlier he had been promoted to Counsel at Collas Crill, the most senior position a lawyer can hold at the firm.
• See Friday’s JEP for full report
