REPORT By MHARI KELLY

A DOCTOR made two critical mistakes which led to the death of a 62-year-old woman, an inquest has heard.

Margaret Poole died after routine surgery at Leighton Hospital went wrong.

An inquest in Crewe heard that Mrs Poole would almost certainly have been alive today - if the errors had not been made in surgery.

Dr Kaleem Toori was supposed to drain fluid from her right lung - but started the procedure on her left lung by mistake.

He should then have ordered an urgent X-ray be taken to check there had been no damage - but he failed to do so.

Now Mrs Poole's daughter Judith Finney, of Gowy Walk, Winsford, is calling for Dr Toori to be struck off.

Cheshire coroner Nicholas Rheinberg recorded a verdict of misadventure on Mrs Poole, of Rudheath.

But Judith is not satisfied with the verdict.

She said: "We are going to pursue this with the General Medical Council because he should be down graded or struck off completely. At the end of the day he admitted his mistakes so something should be done.

"I can't help thinking that if my mum had not gone in for that operation she would still be here today."

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