Woman dies from massive brain haemorrhage less than 24-hours after doctors tell her she wasn't ill enough for hospital bed

Laura Cartner, 38, from Ayrshire had been left unable to function from cippling headaches when she begged doctors for help - but medics told her she had to go home and rest.

She was found dead the next morning after suffering a major stroke, blood clot, and a brain haemorrhage.

Now her 'destroyed' gran has vowed never to forgive doctors for ‘sending her only granddaughter home to die’.

Laura's GP appointment had been at 10.10am and tragically the same doctor signed her death certificate at exactly 10.10am the next day.

Jess McCartney, 82, is demanding answers, branding the doctor’s decision as ‘gross negligence’.

Jess said: “Nobody is prepared to own up to this mistake.

“My granddaughter had a history of illness which they ignored. She had been ill with headaches from her vasculitis before and was even rushed down to England because we didn’t have the facilities in Scotland.

“She was pregnant with twins and died twice on her way to the hospital and although paramedics managed to save her she sadly lost her babies.

“She was in the ICU in a coma for five weeks and doctors said it was a miracle she survived at all."

Laura returned to Scotland and thought she was on the mend for six months before the pounding headaches started to come back.

She started to struggle holding things or even speak as the pain grew more severe.

Jess added: “She broke down to me after the pain became too much but said doctors wouldn’t do home visits for her.

“Alarm bells should have been ringing, she was struggling to even grasp things in her left hand.

“It should have been obvious something was wrong with the brain, but she wasn’t even given a scan.

“I can’t bare to think about how scared and how much pain she would have been suffering before she died.

“I am completely heartbroken.

"I will never forgive that doctor. He sent her home to die.”

Laura’s family claim an investigation was launched into the GP but it only found his case notes were not up to date.

Jess said: “The full thing was preventable, she had been saved before and should have been saved again.

“She was a fun girl who lived life to the full.

“Her death has completely broken me. It was sheer negligence and it cost my granddaughter her life.

“I can’t afford a lawyer, so I can’t start a legal battle.

“She was the only granddaughter I had and I lost her at the hands of that doctor.”

Laura’s mother Sadie Cartner, 60, said: “I feel like the doctor should not get away with this.

"I don’t want this to happen to anyone else. You can’t live in the past and beat yourself up but I want answers.

“I know I have to move on with my life but that’s my daughter and I wantto fight on her behalf because she isn’t here to do it herself.”

A spokesperson for NHS Ayrshire and Arran said: “Our condolences and thoughts are with Laura Cartner’s family. We are sorry that they felt they had to raise concerns about her care at such a distressing time. However, we are unable to comment on individual patient cases.

“NHS Ayrshire & Arran has a robust complaints system. This ensures that concerns and complaints are thoroughly investigated and the findings provided to the person or people involved. If we find that the care we have provided was not to the high standard we expect, we take action and ensure changes are implemented.

“Anyone who feels that their complaint has not been investigated properly is able to take their complaint to the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO). This separate and completely independent organisation is then able to assess and investigate the circumstances surrounding the complaint.”