Suffolk coroner’s report issued after the undiagnosed man’s hernia

A lawyer warned about a “lack of understanding” among doctors with Hiatus hernia strangled after the condition was undiagnosed in a man who died later.

Tom Glover, which was in the early 1970s, was evaluated and discharged from Ipswich Hospital in April 2024, after presenting symptoms of gastroenteritis.

The next day, he was restored, suffered a cardiac arrest and transferred to the Broomfield Hospital in Essex, where he died on May 22.

In a prevention of the report of future deaths, the senior coroner Nigel Parsley said: “Many specialized medical clinicians in the NHS do not know the difference between the two types of hiatus hernia and, therefore, do not know the additional risks.”

In the report, Mr. Parsley said that if a diagnosis of the Hiatus hernia tightened by Mr. Glover was made, he could not determine if he had prevented the result.

At the investigation of the death of Mr. Glover, it was heard that he participated in the Ipswich hospital on April 13, 2024, where he was admitted to an evaluation unit for observations overnight, and the following night “was considered to be clinically well for discharge.”

On April 15, he became evil and returned to Ipswich Hospital, where he suffered a cardiac arrest.

Mr. Glover was resuscitated and diagnosed with a strangled hiatus hernia and transferred to Bloomfield Hospital.

In the report, Mr. Parsley said: “It has been heard in the proof that in England, many specialized non-Gastro medical clinicians do not know the difference between the two types of Hiatus hernia and, therefore, I do not know the additional risk represented to the 5-15% of patients with a Hiatus Para-Esophageal hernia.”

He added that, accordingly, “the lack of understanding of the difference between the two types” of hernia means that “there is no increased vigilance” when individuals have symptoms.

A sliding hiatus hernia moves up and down through the hole that appears naturally in the diaphragm, while a paral-oesophageal hiatus hernia and a rolling-vede hernia is part of the stomach upward through the hole in the diaphragm.

Despite the support of intensive care and emergency surgery, the forensics said he suffered irreversible damage to his gastrointestinal system, that he could not survive.

The investigation concluded on March 10 that Mr. Glover died because of the naturally appeared of a Hiatus hernia with delayed surgery, resulting from an previous missed opportunity for the previous diagnosis.

Mr. Parsley sent a report to prevent future deaths to the Department of Social Health and Care and the British Gastroenterology Society.

BBC has approached both organizations for comments.

Ipswich hospital refused to comment.