Mother-of-four, 43, died after planned surgery was cancelled three times at last minute - as coroner says she would have survived if treated earlier
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A mother who died after a planned surgery was cancelled three times would have survived had she been treated earlier, a coroner had said. Karen Dack was booked for operations at the Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI) in April and May this year, however, each procedure was called off due to a lack of theatre capacity.
![[Ms Dack's partner, Emmi Akamo, pictured, said she had been failed 'multiple times' by the hospital]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/15/93355791-14214063-image-a-17_1734708318611.jpg)
Ms Dack, from Melton, Leics, ended up having an urgent operation when her condition deteriorated but she developed sepsis and died after the procedure, an inquest heard. Leicester assistant coroner Diane Hocking said the evidence she heard showed Ms Dack would have survived had she been operated on sooner.
![[The coroner heard from a senior clinical director at the LRI who said there had been a review of how patients are prioritised for operations]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/15/93357363-14214063-image-a-18_1734708339392.jpg)
Ms Dack's partner, Emmi Akamo, said she had been failed 'multiple times' by the hospital. The 40-year-old told the BBC: 'She should still be here with us. We were told it was a routine thing, keyhole procedure and that is why it really hurts. 'Each time she was in hospital ready for the operation, doing nil-by-mouth, only for it to be called off.
'She was a great mother, full of life and love, and she just wanted to get her health sorted.'. Karen Dack, pictured, was booked for operations at the Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI) in April and May this year, however, each procedure was called off due to a lack of theatre capacity.
Ms Dack's partner, Emmi Akamo, pictured, said she had been failed 'multiple times' by the hospital. Despite the death, a hospital boss told a coroner there were no plans for theatre expansions. In a Prevention of Future Deaths report Mrs Hocking said she fears 'this issue will happen again, and further deaths may occur'.
