Forklift Driver's Life 'Could Have Been Saved' ; Earlier Treatment at Bath's Royal United Hospital (Ruh) Could Have Saved the Life of Forklift Driver Gerald Brooks, an Inquest Heard.

Western Daily Press › October 11, 2008

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Earlier treatment at Bath's Royal United Hospital (RUH) could have saved the life of forklift driver Gerald Brooks, an inquest heard.

The 57-year-old from Radstock died when a blood clot formed after he badly broke his ankle at work, moved up through his body and blocked the pulmonary artery to his lungs.

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Forklift Driver's Life 'Could Have Been Saved' ; Earlier Treatment at Bath's Royal United Hospital (Ruh) Could Have Saved the Life of Forklift Driver Gerald Brooks, an Inquest Heard.

As he recovered at home in the summer of 2006, the married father started to get pains in his left thigh, suffer...

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