A coroner has concluded that the hospital where Kevin Campbell died could have done no more to save him, despite a 'missed opportunity' and 'lack of curiosity' in the way he was treated during his last days.
Manchester area coroner Zak Goldberg heard that the former Everton and Arsenal player had lost 10 stone in weight between January and May last year, with the most rapid drop-off, in the weeks leading up to his death, caused by a rare heart infection which Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) admitted should have been detected sooner.
The hospital's consultant physician Professor Peter Shelby told the inquest: 'Why was it that a man who a few months before was a picture of health had so suddenly deteriorated?