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Coroner Finds Preventable Death After Missed DVT Prevention

By Drooid · Sep 19, 2026, 11:24 PM UTC · How we work

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Coroner Fiona Wilcox said Lady Joan Branson's death could have been prevented with blood-thinner medication.
She died at 80 from a pulmonary embolism after developing deep-vein thrombosis from a fall.
Doctors failed to give preventive enoxaparin despite her very high DVT risk.
Admitting physician Basir Kunduzi admitted he omitted a bleeding-risk assessment on the admission day.

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Coroner Fiona Wilcox said Lady Joan Branson's death could have been prevented with blood-thinner medication.
She died at 80 from a pulmonary embolism after developing deep-vein thrombosis from a fall.
Doctors failed to give preventive enoxaparin despite her very high DVT risk.
Admitting physician Basir Kunduzi admitted he omitted a bleeding-risk assessment on the admission day.