Inquiry blames surgical failures for Scottish patient deaths
Friday, February 17, 2012 A fatal accident inquiry concluded three patients who underwent keyhole surgery to remove their gall bladders died as a result of mistakes during, and after, the operations. Agnes Nicol, George Johnstone, and Andrew Ritchie died within a three-month period in 2006 whilst in the care of NHS Lanarkshire in Scotland. Later expanded to look at all three deaths, the inquiry initially established to look into the case of Nicol, 50, who…