A private hospital has acknowledged that its care fell below its normal standards over the death of a Jewish patient.
Neil Shestopal, a solicitor, suffered a cardiac arrest believed to have been caused by an air embolism after the removal of a catheter by a nurse at the London Clinic in April 2016.
He was left with a severe brain injury, according to a family friend, the legal journalist Joshua Rozenberg, and died in November 2016 after months “in a state of minimal awareness”. He was 72.
His widow, Dawn Freedman, a retired circuit judge, was in his room at the London Clinic when the catheter was removed. The family claim the proper procedure was not carried out.
