Coroner case: surgical error + delayed escalation after kidney tumor surgery (The Straits Times) — delayed recognition/response after an intra-op mistake contributed to a fatal outcome.
“Too young for cancer” / symptoms attributed to long Covid; terminal diagnosis came very late (People, citing BBC/NHS England) — death shortly after terminal diagnosis; policy change (“Jess’ Rule”) followed.
Delayed recognition/treatment of sepsis leading to death/amputation, watchdog warning (The Guardian) — system-level reporting with examples of catastrophic outcomes.
VA EHR delays contributing to death: Internal Veterans Affairs records indicated that at least six deaths were tied to electronic health record system errors that delayed prescriptions or care, including a veteran whose antibiotics were delayed and died days later.
