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| | Charge that GP caused asthma death 'not proved' - Evening Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | The General Medical Council ruled it was "not proved" Dr Julie Mallon had failed to correctly assess Owen Charleston was suffering from an acute and potentially life-threatening asthmatic attack when he visited her at Central Health Centre, Cumbernauld, on August 19, 2002. |
 | | Owen, of Greenfaulds, Cumbernauld, visited Dr Mallon's surgery twice that day, but died later in hospital of an acute asthma attack. |
 | | The GMC's Fitness to Practise panel ruled it was not proved Dr Mallon had failed to take the appropriate action of having Owen immediately admitted as an emergency to Yorkhill Hospital, Glasgow, after his first visit to her surgery. |
| www.eveningtimes.co.uk /print/news/5043479.shtml (300 words) |
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