Healthcare Commission Report
Report into maternal deaths at Northwick Park Hospital
On 13 March 2006, six people in a drug trial at the independent Parexel drug trial unit (which is not run by The North West London Hospitals NHS Trust) became severely unwell following administration of TGN1412 and were transferred to the intensive therapy unit at Northwick Park. Affected patients developed multi-organ failure and required intensive medical support by the critical care team at Northwick Park, led by Dr Ganesh Suntharalingam. All the patients subsequently survived and the last one was discharged in June 2006.
On 11 February 2009 a fire started in the basement of the hospital in an electrical switch room, causing parts of the ward block to be evacuated for a time. No patients were harmed, and the switch room has now been replaced, with all services back to normal. The hospital was given a Health Service Journal good management award for the way in which the incident was handled.
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