By Adam Dutton

A grandmother's fingers and toes went black and had to be amputated due to sepsis after bungling doctors sent her home with antibiotics.

Shirley Bartam, 69, was rushed to hospital in an ambulance after she suffered severe pain and vomiting.

The retired carer also had a rapid heart rate and had not passed urine for more than 12 hours – both indicators of sepsis .

Doctors said she had a kidney infection but failed to give her intravenous antibiotics and instead sent her home with oral antibiotics on September 14, 2022.

The mom-of-four's health deteriorated rapidly that night and she was readmitted to Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford, Kent, the next day.

Tests revealed she was suffering from sepsis which had been triggered by a kidney infection.

With her organs fai

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