A MAN suffered a stroke after being given incorrect advice about stopping his blood thinning medication.
According to the Scottish Ombudsman, the patient, named only as “Mr C”, was taking rivaroxaban, a drug that thins the blood to minimise the risk of strokes, when he was scheduled for non-emergency surgery. He was told to stop taking his medication seven days before his operation because of the risk of excessive bleeding during surgery. But four days after coming off it, he suffered a stroke.
Mr C said he should not have been classified as low risk and should not have been advised to stop his medication.
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