Maura Irwin, 77, from New Cross, southeast London, suffered a 'slow' death after medics failed to notice they accidentally put a feeding tube into her lung for 10 hours,
A retired ambulance worker suffered a 'slow and painful' death after medics failed to notice they accidentally put a feeding tube into her lung for more than 10 hours, an inquest has heard.
Maura Irwin, 77, from New Cross, southeast London, had the nasal feeding tube misplaced into her lung after suffering a stroke in February 2018, which then filled up and killed her, an inquest heard.
Her daughter Kathryn Scully, from Lincoln, said her family were forced to watch her 'slow and painful death' as a result of the 'betrayal' by NHS staff.
A coroner said Ms Irwin died from injury caused by the 'undetected misplaced nasrogastric tube', adding that the failure to check the tube contributed to her death.
Ms Irwin, who worked for the NHS ambulance service for 25 years, was admitted to Kings College Hospital in February 2018 after suffering a debilitating stroke.
The feeding tube was wrongly misplaced into her lung two days after she was admitted and caused her death three weeks later.
Mrs Scully, 59, from, told the inquest: 'Mum was a wonderful, independent and passionate woman who was loved deeply by her family.
'There isn't a day that goes by that we don't miss her.
'Mum loved her job with the NHS where she worked for 25 years, staying way beyond retirement age to care for others, but she was cruelly let down by the service with the ultimate betrayal.
Ms Irwin (pictured), who worked for the NHS ambulance service for 25 years, had the tube misplaced into her lung after suffering a stroke in February 2018, an inquest heard
'Medics misplaced the nasal feeding tube into her lung resulting in food filling up her lung and drowning her.
'It was like watching somebody getting smothered and being powerless to stop it.
'As a family we had to witness her dying a slow and painful death as she could not breath properly and was in agony.
'No patient in the care of any medics nor family should ever have to experience such a horrendous ordeal.'
Recording a narrative verdict, Coroner Andrew Harris said Ms Irwin's death was from 'unintended consequences of
