A BARNSLEY woman bled to death after a surgeon accidentally cut an artery.
The inquest into 42-year-old Andrea Green's death has resumed.
Consultant surgeon Hany Ismaiel accidentally cut an artery and was among a group of doctors called a 'cancer in the system' by their boss, the inquest heard.
Ms Green had started suffering from back pain in August 2009. The pain was so bad that she was bedridden for two weeks despite being prescribed with painkillers by her GP on numerous occasions.
She was advised that the pain could return if the operation was not carried out.
When her sister Janette Allatt, 56, visited her in hospital in the evening after the operation, she found her very pale and complaining of stomach pain.
Nurses discovered she had very low blood pressure and because she was in pain, administered medication to relieve it.
At 2am the following morning, Miss Green's father received a call from the hospital informing them that she was seriously ill.
To their horror, by the time her family arrived at the hospital, she had died.
Her death came just weeks after consultants in the orthopaedic department at Barnsley Hospital warned management of 'grave risks' to patient safety because of staffing.
Miss Green’s inquest was halted last year when coroner Chris Dorries asked police to investigate following emergence of the rift.
A file was sent to the CPS to examine evidence of corporate manslaughter, but no charges were brought.
The resumed inquest is expected to last for three weeks.
