 Lynda Taylor: Died after having the surgery to help her lose weight |
A woman died from an infection four days after undergoing a stomach stapling operation, an inquest heard. Lynda Taylor, 33, from Rotherham, died in January after developing peritonitis following the surgery at the privately run Hull and East Riding Hospital.
The hospital said Ms Taylor, who had a five-year-old daughter, initially recovered well but as infection took hold her condition deteriorated.
Coroner Geoffrey Saul recorded a narrative verdict.
Following his wife's death, Peter Taylor is calling for greater warnings about the possible pitfalls of surgery to lose weight.
'Low-risk procedure'
"I think somebody who is overweight and wants to be thin can have a one-track vision where they think 'I'm doing it regardless of anything'," he said.
"But sometimes these things can obviously occur and unfortunately it has done."
After the inquest, the Hull and East Riding Hospital said staff had been deeply saddened by Mrs Taylor's death and every possible treatment had been used to reverse the "severe bacterial infection" she experienced.
"We are devoted to the protection and support of human life and we take our responsibilities to patients in our care very seriously," a spokesman said.
"It is a sad fact within medicine that even in low-risk surgical procedures, patients can pass away following post-operative complications, but of course we understand this offers small comfort for a family who have lost a mother, a wife and a daughter."
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