Partner of tragic Dundee boxer Mike Towell files complaint with NHS Tayside
NHS Tayside has received an official complaint about the medical treatment given to Scots boxer Mike Towell in the run up to the fight which claimed his life.
NHS Tayside has received an official complaint about the medical treatment given to Scots boxer Mike Towell in the run up to the fight which claimed his life.
The 25-year-old, known as Iron Mike Towell, died in hospital the day after he was removed from the ring at the end of a fifth-round loss to Dale Evans in Glasgow on Thursday September 29.
The young father, from Dundee, was diagnosed with severe bleeding and swelling to his brain but survived for 12 hours after being removed from life support.
His partner, Chloe Ross, claims the boxer had asked doctors for a brain scan in the weeks before his death. She told the Sunday Mail he went to hospital after experiencing severe headaches during a sparring session less than three weeks before he died, but was later told he was probably suffering from migraines.
She told the newspaper: Michael said, 'You need to scan me - I know that it's not right.' But he was given co-codamol and sent on his way.''
She added: He wasn't a complainer so it must have been bad for him to go to A&E about it.''
Ms Ross said she has made an official complaint to NHS Tayside.
A spokeswoman for the health board said: We have received a complaint and we are in direct contact with the family.''
Towell was laid to rest following a funeral service earlier this month at St Andrew's Cathedral in Dundee. Welsh boxer Evans was among the 300 mourners.
Towell had been undefeated going into the bout - which was an eliminator for the British welterweight title - with 11 previous wins and one draw on his professional record.