Diana, Princess of Wales, might have survived the car crash in which she died had French medical staff not squandered vital time, her inquest was told yesterday.
Thomas Treasure, a leading British surgeon, told the inquest that a “window of opportunity” may have existed to get her to hospital half an hour before she was taken there. Professor Treasure, a former president of the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery, said that medics had done “very substantial good” in the initial period after the accident but that once the Princess was in the ambulance time began “slipping away”.
The professor, who was asked to review records of the treatment given to the Princess for Lord Justice Scott Baker, the coroner, conceded that the combination of her internal injuries was extremely rare and serious but said it was theoretically possible that she might have been saved. |