A father will receive almost three million pounds after hospital blunders left him paralysed (From East London and West Essex Guardian Series)

A father will receive almost three million pounds after hospital blunders left him paralysed

12:17pm Wednesday 15th July 2009 in

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BARKING, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust will pay millions of pounds in damages after a dad-of-two was left disabled following treatment at King George Hospital.

Michael Spence has been paralysed from the waist down after a series of hospital blunders five years ago.

Mr Spence, 29, broke his back in a car smash after undoing his seat-belt for a split-second to tend to his 18-month-old son while his partner was driving.

The former carpenter, from Stratford, was hurled backwards through the windscreen on High Road, Chadwell Heath.

After a High Court hearing, Baking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust have agreed to pay 80 per cent of the £2 -3million pay out to Mr Spence, who also suffers from depression and severe panic attacks.