By William Turvill PUBLISHED: 13:16 EST, 27 November 2013 | UPDATED: 13:28 EST, 27 November 2013 Andrea Green, 42, died 14 hours after routine surgery for her back pain, which may have been unnecessary A patient bled to death following the 'gross failure' of a doctor to give her a life-saving blood transfusion before it was too late. Andrea Green, 42, died 14 hours after a routine operation for back pain, which may have been unnecessary, an inquest heard. Consultant surgeon Hany Ismaiel accidentally cut an artery during the operation and staff at Barnsley District Hospital failed to pick up on subsequent internal bleeding.
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Andrea Green, 42, died 14 hours after routine surgery for back pain
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Consultant surgeon Hany Ismaiel accidentally cut an artery and staff failed to pick up on subsequent internal bleeding, inquest heard
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Locum senior house officer Dr Oluwatosin Taiwo failed to act 'promptly and efficiently' to give her transfusion
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