Payout made over wrong injection

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A health trust has awarded £90,000 to a Bristol woman who was injected with the wrong drug after a basic operation.

Janice Evans, 59, had varicose vein surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, where she was a receptionist.

After the operation a nurse gave her Methoxamine which slows the heart rate, but can also cause hallucinations.

United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust has apologised to Mrs Evans, from Whitehall, for the depression and illness she suffered after the error.

Clinical negligence

Ms Evans was discharged from the Bristol Royal Infirmary three days later but developed a post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and a phobia of hospitals.

The mother-of-one, who had worked at the infirmary for 23 years, took her case to a clinical negligence legal team.

The case has now been settled as she received £90,000 in compensation for the illnesses she had.

The trust apologised to Ms Evans in a statement, saying: "We assured Ms Evans that we had learned from this incident and had taken steps to reduce the likelihood of such an incident ever occurring again."