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Woman, 24, Left in Hospital with 'Oxygen Mask Not Connected' Dies
The inquest heard staff gave her an unconnected oxygen mask and left her in a corridor despite low blood oxygen and a high heart rate.
- An inquest into the 2024 death of Clarissa Street opened Wednesday at Rochdale Coroner's Court, examining her care at Royal Oldham Hospital before she died on August 14.
- Paramedics initially suggested Clarissa was "overreacting and having a panic attack" upon arrival; Staff Nurse Michelle Neale later gave her a disconnected oxygen mask "to try and regulate her breathing."
- Despite presenting with low oxygen levels and an elevated pulse, Clarissa remained in a hospital corridor for an hour while Neale acknowledged the disconnected mask was inappropriate.
- A senior nurse decided to give Clarissa fluids and keep an eye on her because she was "young," while Neale transferred care to a more experienced colleague.
- Medical evidence indicated the 2024 embolism was unprovoked and it "cannot be said that the two are linked" to her 2017 pulmonary embolism, which was provoked and required no long-term anticoagulants.
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