A coroner is to investigate after a Romford man was discharged from Queen’s Hospital twice in the month before his death.
Derek Michael Horan, 59, died on October 26 last year.
An inquest into Derek’s death was opened at East London Coroner’s Court on Tuesday, March 3.
Coroner’s officer Jean Smyth told the court that on September 25 the deceased attended Queen’s Hospital complaining of chest pain, vomiting and chronic diarrhoea.
He was treated for suspected gastritis and was discharged.
On October 9 he re-attended the same hospital complaining of severe chest pain, Ms Smyth said.
He was again treated for possible gastritis and was discharged the same day, the court heard.
The following day he presented at King George Hospital with abdominal pain and underwent an emergency laparotomy, Ms Smyth said.
During his stay in intensive care, his condition deteriorated and end of care commenced.
A post-mortem examination was conducted on November 10 which gave his cause of death as 1a) peritonitis, 1b) gastric perforation which had been operated on, against a background of 2) alcoholic liver disease.
Area coroner Nadia Persaud said she was satisfied on the facts of Derek’s death that an inquest is required.
She asked for a report from Queen’s Hospital regarding his attendances and treatments prior to his death.
The full inquest will take place at a later date.
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Queen's, declined to comment.
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