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A man has been awarded more than $2 million in compensation after suffering a stroke and brain damage resulting from improper treatment at a Queensland hospital. The man, aged in his early 70s, worked as an illustrator for major advertising firms in New York City before moving to Queensland with his family in 2005.
“Metro North Hospital and Health Service admits that it breached its duty of care to , and that suffered injuries as a consequence of that breach,” Justice Cooper said. The abdominal surgery was performed on the man with the intent to diagnose and treat the source of his pain. The bowel injuries led to a range of health impacts and multiple further surgeries, with the man suffering vision loss, internal bleeding, a blood clot, a major stroke and brain damage.
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