Irwin Mitchell are acting for more than a hundred children who were negligently treated by Dr Holton, when he was working as a Consultant Paediatrician at Leicester Royal Infirmary.
Misdiagnosed and mistreated epilepsy patient
A report into Dr Holton's treatment found that during his 10 years at the hospital, he had misdiagnosed and mistreated 618 children. However, to date only around 400 of these families have come forward to seek legal advice.
Misdiagnosed children with epilepsy
Dr Holton both misdiagnosed children with epilepsy and prescribed inappropriate medication for them. For some sufferers of epilepsy, it can be appropriate to prescribe two anticonvulsant drugs at once. However, Dr Holton was prescribing as many as six different tablets to some children under his care. Some of the children wrongly treated never had epilepsy at all. Some others had underlying conditions such as autism or attention deficit problems, which were masked by the anti-epileptic drugs.
We have agreed a form of alternative dispute resolution with the solicitors acting for the hospital trust, to ensure that cases are dealt with as quickly as possible. We can claim compensation for the child's pain and suffering caused by the misdiagnosis and for the financial losses caused by the unnecessary treatment.
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