Man wins £90,000 from hospital after suicide bid

A man who tried to commit suicide has been paid £90,000 compensation after he sued the hospital which saved his life.

Michael Dexter, 58, from Lancashire, was rushed to accident and emergency after taking a cocktail of around 100 pills and rum.

At the hospital a drug given to stop the effects of his overdose caused damage to his left arm, (it looks like his right arm to me), because he was given four times the correct dose.



Although doctors saved his life Mr Dexter took legal action against the hospital and has been awarded the cash in an out-of-court settlement after a six year fight.

He said: "I know they saved my life but if you went in with a heart attack you wouldn't expect to leave with a limb you can't use.

"I had to go to a burns specialist for plastic surgery. They removed tendons from the wrist and I have had three skin grafts. There are not many people who come out of hospital worse than when they went in."