From UK DAILY MAIL
Out-of-hours locum doctor who travelled from India to work in Britain failed to send seriously ill diabetic man, 42, to hospital hours before he died
- Dr Bala Kovvali failed to recognise diabetic ketoacidosis
- Andre Fellow had no history of diabetes but his body ran out of insulin
- Kovvali, 64, admitted causing the death by gross negligence
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An out-of-hours doctor has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for manslaughter after he failed to send a seriously ill diabetic man to hospital - diagnosing him as 'depressed with a headache'.
Dr Bala Kovvali ignored the classic signs of diabetes-related poisonous acids building up in 42-year-old Andrew Fellows' body, a court heard.
Instead of dialling 999 for an ambulance, the on-call locum told Mr Fellows' mother that her son was depressed and had a headache and should see his own doctor the next day.
Less than nine hours later Mr Fellows died at home from diabetic ketoacidosis.
