Andy Martin, landlord of Mancunian institution The Star and Garter, died in hospital four days after being admitted following a suspected stroke. The 52-year-old dad-of-two was suffering with an ear infection before his condition deteriorated.
15.03.2024 - 16:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Two women died after eating chicken mayonnaise sandwiches contaminated with listeria at Manchester Royal Infirmary, an inquest jury has concluded. Retired Jamaican nurse Beverley Sowah, 57, from Stretford, and mother-of-five Enid Heap, 84, from Beswick, were given the sandwiches on successive days while patients at the MRI in 2019.
Both women, who both had underlying health problems, died within days, a joint inquest at Manchester Coroner's Court heard. Their deaths were among seven fatalities, part of a nationwide alert over the listeria outbreak which affected nine people in all in other hospitals, including in Liverpool, Leicester and Derby.
Listeria can cause an illness called listeriosis, which can be fatal for people with weakened immune systems, including the elderly, sick or children.
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Following a five-day inquest, a jury concluded the listeria bacteria entered the food chain at cooked meat processing firm North Country Quality Foods in Salford. They supplied the contaminated chicken to sandwich-making firm the Good Food Chain, based in Stone, Staffordshire, which used it to produce the chicken mayo sandwiches.
They were then supplied to Sodexo - contracted to supply the NHS trust running the MRI - then given to Mrs Sowah and Mrs Heap. Both women acquired listeria from the contaminated food, which 'more than minimally' contributed to their deaths, jurors decided.
The cause of death for Mrs Sowah was given as sepsis, listeria and metastatic breast cancer. For Ms Heap the cause of death was given as septicaemia, listeria, pneumonia and pulmonary fibrosis.
Jamaican-born Mrs Sowah was admitted to the MRI on April 15 2019,
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