Coroner to probe death of man,78, at Blackpool Victoria Hospital for surgery
Date set for inquest at review hearing held at Blackpool Town Hall
The inquest into the death of a 78-year-old man while at Blackpool Victoria Hospital for surgery will take place on September 16.
Philip Draycott died on March 23 this year and the inquest date was set at a pre-inquest review held at Blackpool Town Hall.
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Blackpool and Fylde assistant coroner Andrew Cousins said that a post mortem by Dr Neil Papworth had shown the preliminary cause of death to be cerebral infarction - commonly known as a stroke.
Mr Cousins said that Dr Papworth would be among the witnesses at the inquest along with doctors from the hospital and a haematologist.
The coroner also said he was seeking more information on blood clotting and strokes in relation to the case.
Lyn Ajanaku, representing the hospital at the review, said there had not been a review there into the case and said she would have any further information Mr Cousins required to him within three weeks.