This Talented Student Killed Himself After a Routine Operation Plunged Him Into Depression. Was the General Anaesthetic to Blame?
Daily Mail › November 11, 2008
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JAMES Wentworth-Stanley, 21, was a talented and popular young man when, just ten days after a minor operation, he committed suicide. His family believe he had sunk into a deep depression brought on by an adverse reaction to the general anaesthetic. Here, his mother, Clare Milford Haven, tells LYNNE WALLIS what happened, in the hope it will alert others to the risks. Clare lives in Hampshire with her second husband, George, Marquess of Milford Haven, her son Harry, 19, daughter Louisa, 15, and two teenage stepchildren..
TWO years ago, James became concerned about something called a varicocele -- a kind of varicose vein men can get on their testicles. It wasn't painful but he was unhappy about it.See the full content of this document
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This Talented Student Killed Himself After a Routine Operation Plunged Him Into Depression. Was the General Anaesthetic to Blame?
The usual treatment is to correct it in an operation under general anaesthetic that takes about 20 minutes. His GP said there was no urgency about operating, but James booked himself in for surgery a few weeks later, in early December.
I was abroad at the time, and so his father, Nick, agreed to go with him.Nick told me that James was apprehensive about the operation, and I could understand that.He loved being fit -- he didn't smoke, he didn't drink much and was so anti pills that he wouldn't even take Nurofen for a headache.This operation was a big deal for him. I want...See the full content of this document
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