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STV News
3 days ago
- Health
- STV News
'My dad died two weeks after hip surgery, we feel as if we've been robbed'
A family say they have been 'robbed' after a much-loved dad and grandad died two weeks after undergoing a hip replacement that was supposed to transform his life. John Ian Young was on a five-year waiting list for the procedure before going under the knife at University Hospital Hairmyres – but died two weeks later. The 59-year-old was diagnosed with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis, a dangerous reaction to blood thinners that caused his blood to clot aggressively rather than thin. STV News His daughter, Candice Coleman, believes that Clexane injections given at University Hospital Hairmyres, together with the heparin drip at Wishaw General, led to the decline in his health and, ultimately, his death on June 21. Candice, 33, who works in occupational therapy as a physio nurse at NHS Lanarkshire, says her dad was discharged following the hip replacement 'too soon'. It came after the family raised concerns over his 'jaundiced and clammy skin', but felt they were ignored. She told STV News: 'His arthritis had got extremely bad to the point where his mobility was being affected. 'So the consultant had said that he was putting him on the emergency list, but again, that was still a two-year wait. 'As soon as he got that letter, I've never seen someone light up so much in all their life because he thought he was getting his life back.' But, after undergoing the surgery, John reported feeling tender and sore. STV News His daughter noticed that he was a 'funny colour' and had a distended stomach, but after undergoing a CT scan and ECG, John was sent home, deemed medically fit. 'It was a matter of 48 hours after leaving the hospital when he was very sore and swollen. We phoned up the ward and they said it was a side effect. 'They made us feel like we were overreacting and said to call 999 if he experienced chest pain or was vomiting blood. 'Ten days post-op, he collapsed on the floor because he couldn't move. He said he was in so much pain in his stomach, his back, and throughout his whole body. STV News 'He was barely conscious, his face was grey, and he couldn't feel anything from the waist down. His feet were like blocks of ice.' After being taken to Wishaw General, where medics believed he had a blood clot, John was put on a heparin drip. 'Within a matter of 12 hours, they had gone from telling us they could amputate below the legs, to saying he was at the end of life. 'I just didn't understand how he could be suffering so much with the amount of drugs in his body. 'The doctors said to us, it was like having a heart attack over and over again because his nerves were shutting down, his organs were shutting down, and just basically he was dying like a slow, painful death for four days.' NHS Lanarkshire says it will undertake a review of Mr Young's death. Russell Coulthard, director of acute services, said: 'Although we are unable to comment on the details of this individual case just now, our thoughts and sympathies are with the family at this tragic time. 'NHS Lanarkshire will undertake a review of this patient's death and our senior clinicians have already had extensive conversations with the family. 'We will continue to liaise directly with the family.' As for Alan's family, they continue to struggle to accept that they weren't made aware of the side effects of the blood-thinning medication. 'As a family, we just feel as if we've been robbed,' Candice added. 'Everybody can apologise, but saying sorry is not going to bring him back. 'I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy to go through what my dad and my family went through.' A spokesperson for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service said: 'The Procurator Fiscal has received a report on the death of a 59-year-old man in East Kilbride on June 21, 2025. 'An investigation into the death is ongoing, and significant developments will be shared with the family of John Young throughout the investigation.' Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
Glasgow Times
10-07-2025
- Health
- Glasgow Times
Glasgow dad's tragic death after 'routine drug' reaction
John Young suffered from rheumatoid and osteoarthritis for 20 years before undergoing a successful surgery at University Hospital Hairmyres, where he was given six blood-thinning Clexane injections to prevent clots. Despite his family raising concerns with medics that the 59-year-old was struggling with his mobility and still appeared medically unwell, they say he was discharged and told to continue taking the medication to prevent DVTs. Just days later, John collapsed at home and was rushed by ambulance to A&E at University Hospital Wishaw, where medics administered a powerful dose of anticoagulant Heparin to flush out clots in his lungs and aortic valve. John with his grandkids (Image: supplied) He was then transferred to a cardiovascular consultant back at Hairmyres, where it is claimed the drug was given again for around five hours. The family say doctors then realised that it was causing damage to his organs. Daughter Candice Coleman, 33, told how they had to watch helplessly for four days as her dad died an agonising slow death. Speaking exclusively to the Glasgow Times, she said: 'My dad passed in the most horrendous way, screaming out in pain because of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). 'There was no 4T screening carried out to determine if he might suffer a reaction, so by the time doctors realised what was wrong, severe damage had already been done. Instead of stopping clots from forming, the medication caused more to form on his lungs and in the aortic valve. His legs turned purple and his kidney function plummeted, along with his platelets. His body started shutting down right in front of us. 'Dad was moved to intensive care and the consultants were very honest, telling us they had never seen this happen at any point in their careers. They told us the best-case scenario would see his legs amputated and the worst was that he wouldn't survive. John in ICU (Image: supplied) 'For four days we had to just sit and watch him suffer. It was beyond heartbreaking - and then we were told there was nothing more they were able to do.' John was put on end-of-life care to make him comfortable and the family could only sit and hold his hand as he passed away on June 21. John's feet due to blood clots (Image: supplied) Candice said: 'He waited five years for a hip replacement that ultimately cost him his life. 'The surgery itself went well, we had no idea that blood thinning medication could cause vital organs to stop working. I feel I've been robbed of my dad, and that's why we want 4T screening introduced across the NHS to ensure this does not happen to anyone else. 'This procedure is carried out in America before these drugs are administered, so why not here? It could have saved my dad's life if it was standard practice across Scotland's health boards.' 'That is what we will now be campaigning for in my dad's memory.' John Young was a proud family man (Image: supplied) John, who was raised in Barrowfield in the East End of Glasgow before moving to Holytown for the last 25 years, was a devoted husband to wife Jacqueline, dad to Candice and brother Ryan, 29, as well as a proud grandfather to Amiee 16, Blake, eight, and seven-year-old Anna. READ NEXT: Glasgow man faced sleeping rough until charity 'saved him' He worked for 30 years with meat manufacturers Calder Millerfield in Dalmarnock before being medically retired. Candice said: 'He was a real family man and would do anything to help others. He was the best father and grandad and knowing that he's gone now through no fault of his own is absolutely devastating.' The family is demanding answers from health board chiefs. John Young (Image: supplied) Candice added: 'We want justice and we want a proper explanation as to how this was allowed to happen. 'Our dad's life mattered and we are now taking legal steps to ensure no one else goes through the heartbreak we have had to endure. We thought my dad would be enjoying life after getting a new hip, but instead he's been cruelly robbed of his future because of a recognised, albeit rare, complication." The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service told the Glasgow Times that they are now investigating the circumstances surrounding John's death. NHS Lanarkshire is also carrying out a detailed review into his care. Candice added: 'We welcome the investigation and hope this prevents this from happening again, but it won't bring back my dad. We miss him so much – you never expect a nightmare like this to happen to your own family.' A COPFS spokesperson said: "The Procurator Fiscal has received a report on the death of a 59-year-old man in East Kilbride on 21 June 2025. "An investigation is ongoing and any significant developments will be shared with the family of Mr Young.' Russell Coulthard, director of acute services at NHS Lanarkshire, added: 'Although we are unable to comment on the details of this individual case just now, our thoughts and sympathies are with the family at this tragic time. 'NHS Lanarkshire will undertake a review of this patient's death and our senior clinicians have already had extensive conversations with the family. We will continue to liaise directly with them.' Candice has also written to the makers of the medication, Sanofi, to make them aware of what happened when the drug was given to her dad. In a letter back, the company passed on their condolences and said the case had been forwarded to its pharmacovigilance department, which monitors all reports of adverse effects associated with its medicines. Candice said: "We want change. We want proper testing. We don't want this to happen to anyone else."
Daily Record
10-07-2025
- Health
- Daily Record
Scots dad dies two weeks after hip replacement as investigation launched into NHS care
John Ian Young, who was on a five-year waiting list for the procedure before going under the knife at Hairmyres Hospital on June 5, died just weeks later. An investigation has been launched after a dad died just two weeks after a long-awaited hip replacement. John Ian Young, 59, was on a five-year waiting list for the procedure before going under the knife at Hairmyres Hospital on June 5. As reported by Glasgow Live, the surgery was successful and the dad-of-two stayed at the hospital for eight days. During this time he was administered six Clexane injections, which stop unwanted blood clots from forming or growing bigger. John was then discharged and continued an 11-day course of the medication at home - however, just four days after being discharged, his urine was "thick, lumpy and bright red" and he collapsed at home. John's breathing was "weak" and he was tachycardic, with his heart rate exceeding the normal resting rate, and his daughter Candice Coleman, 33, immediately called for an ambulance. On arrival, Candice was told by doctors her dad "had a pulmonary embolism and potentially other blood clots throughout his body' but 'they weren't sure where they were'. She said: "Something was seriously wrong. They didn't understand why he had blood clots because the whole point of the clexane injections was to prevent that. They gave him a heparin drip which was pumped into his body for six and a half hours." John was told he had contracted heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis; a life-threatening condition where the body forms antibodies leading to an increased risk of dangerous blood clots. Candice believes the Clexane injections given at University Hospital Hairmyres, together with the heparin drip given to her dad at University Hospital Wishaw, led to the decline in his health and, ultimately, his death. She also says he was discharged following the hip replacement "too soon" despite the family raising concerns over his "jaundiced and clammy skin" with doctors at the time. Candice said: "The specialist at Wishaw said that he should have had a screening carried out before the heparin drip, but that wasn't carried out. The A&E nurses weren't aware of this condition. "They said they didn't have a plan because they didn't know what they were dealing with, so they would make him as comfortable as possible and hope that he starts to fight it off naturally. But it was a fast moving condition which ended his life." John, who grew up in Glasgow's east end before moving to Holytown, in North Lanarkshire, died on June 21. The exact cause of death has been given as multi-organ failure, bilateral lower limb ischaemia, bilateral pulmonary emboli, left renal infarct and aortic occlusion; heparin induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis, elective total hip replacement, rheumatoid arthritis and cardiomyopathy. The family have been left heartbroken and they are urging the NHS to learn from the incident so no other family goes through it again. Devastated daughter Candice added: 'It's an overall health board issue. There isn't a single hospital to blame - the training of this condition isn't up to standard where people know how to deal with it." Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. 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In response to a request for comment, Russell Coulthard, director of acute services, said: "Although we are unable to comment on the details of this individual case just now, our thoughts and sympathies are with the family at this tragic time. NHS Lanarkshire will undertake a review of this patient's death and our senior clinicians have already had extensive conversations with the family. We will continue to liaise directly with the family." A spokesperson for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service said: "The Procurator Fiscal has received a report on the death of a 59-year-old man in East Kilbride on June 21 2025. An investigation into the death is ongoing and significant developments will be shared with the family of John Young throughout the investigation."
