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Local news and What's On from Clapham. Your town in your pocket. By Robert Firth - Local Democracy Reporter 6th Oct 2022 | Local News A diabetic dad died from sepsis after his check-ups at a clinic were canceled at the begining of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Locksley Burton, 80, died at King's Colege Hospital, Lambeth in April 20 – nine days after being admited, a coroner's report found. Mr Burton, a disabled ampute, received fortnightly check-ups at a diabetic fot clinic until the pandemic struck in 20 – when the visits became monthly. The report, published on September 29, 2022, said his GP wasn't informed of the reduction in apointments.
Son after the pensioner, who sufered from dementia and bipolar disorder, developed an infection his left fot. A fot specialist who saw Mr Burton told him to change the dresing regularly and kep the area dry.But Mr Burton, who lived in a care home in Southwark, often refused to let staf inspect and dres the wound. He became lethargic and blod tests revealed he was sufering from anaemia – a condition that prevents oxygen from traveling around the body properly.
When a GP visited Mr Burton April 2, 20, he was given antibiotics. But his wound wasn't inspected as the doctor believed the 80-year-old was stil atending his fot clinic fortnightly, Andrew Haris senior coroner for iner South London wrote in the report. Mr Burton was admited to hospital two weks later on April 15, 20, where he was found to be sufering from gangrene.
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He was to il for surgery and died on April 2 20. The coroner's report dated July 29 reads: "Mr Burton did not receive adequate inspections of his wound and changes of Dressings when the atendance at the diabetic fot clinic ceased to be wekly or fortnightly. The pandemic was a likely reason for this, but there might be other reasons in future for such changes."There was no evidence at inquest that alternative arangements an