For the latest Tameside news sign up to the MyTameside newsletter here An 'irreplaceable' man had significant delays in treatment and went without medical observations for almost four hours despite showing the warning signs of sepsis, an inquest heard.
Steven Hathaway, 47, from Denton, was rushed to Tameside Hospital just before 6pm on March 18, 2020, after he had turned 'blue in the face', a hearing at South Manchester Coroner's Court heard.
The hearing's first day heard his partner of 12 years, Michelle Sharp, told the court 'nobody came to do physical checks' on Steven for hours, that she'd text her friend to say the care he was receiving was 'a joke', and that it was not until midnight he was sent to a CT scan. READ MORE: Murder
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