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A woman whose type of meningitis was misdiagnosed at hospital has been awarded compensation for her subsequent brain injury.
Janet Theresa Winder made a personal injury claim for medical negligence after being treated for the wrong type of meningitis at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary in March 2001.
The hairdresser was diagnosed with viral meningitis, a form of the illness that didn't require using antibiotics. However, Mrs Winder was actually suffering from community acquired bacterial meningitis and should have been given antibiotics.
Mrs Winder became extremely ill and suffered brain damage as a result of clinical negligence. She now lives separately from her family at the Leonard Cheshire Home in Windermere.
Through her husband, Stephen, Mrs Winder contacted a personal injury solicitor and made a compensation claim for her personal injuries.
At the High Court in London, Mr Justice Swift said, "This is a tragic case because of the consequences of the inadequate medical care which Mrs Winder received when taken to hospital."
Mrs Winder was awarded a lump sum of compensation for her personal injury claim.
A spokesperson from the University Hospitals of Morecombe Bay NHS Trust said, "It is a matter of profound regret to us and money can never put her back in the position she was in before.
"It is hoped that the compensation that Mrs Winder will receive will go some way to helping ease her life in the years ahead."
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