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Brother labels inquest a 'whitewash'

October 6, 2016 10:03
Carmel Bloom

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Lianne Kolirin ,

Lianne Kolirin

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The brother of a woman who died 14 years ago following a routine kidney stone operation has branded a third inquest into her death a "whitewash" and a "stitch-up".

Bernard Bloom said he had spent more than £3million in legal fees trying to uncover the truth about how and why his sister, Carmel, died in 2002.

The 54-year-old passed away after a "lack of monitoring and communication" at the former BUPA-run Roding Hospital in Ilford, coroner Karon Monaghan ruled on Monday.

Ms Bloom, from Ilford, Essex, had been admitted on August 27, 2002 with severe pain. She subsequently had an operation to remove a kidney stone but was transferred to Whipps Cross Hospital in the early hours of August 29.