Blood transfusion blunder should not have happened

  A doctor told a court there should have been ‘no possibility’ for a Filipino to accidentally kill a pensioner in a blood transfusion blunder Lea Ledesma, 48, gave 76-year-old Ali Huseyin blood meant for fellow patient Irfan Hussain, 37, at the London Heart Hospital in Westmoreland Street, central London, on 7 May 2014. The error triggered a rapid deterioration in Mr Huseyin’s condition which lead to his death that evening. Prosecutors claim Ledesma made a ‘series of mistakes’ which…