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A Deeside mum whose daughter died when her alarm
clock went off has won her five-year battle for a new inquest.
Nurse Lisa Browne suffered from Long QT Syndrome -
but it was only discovered after an inquest recorded an open verdict.
Experts could not find a reason why she died in
January 1998, but tests by Swedish geneticists later showed she had the
electrical abnormality in her heart.
Lisa's sister Rachel was also diagnosed with the
defect and had surgery to fit an ICD pacemaker.
Three years ago Rachel was asleep when her son
Adam woke up screaming and the sudden noise caused her heart to stop.
The ICD kick-started her heart.
Adam was also diagnosed with the disorder, while
other members of the family also carry the gene.
Lisa's parents, Doreen and Terence Harley, of
Halkyn View, Connah's Quay, said it was in the public interest for a fresh
inquest to be called.
Doreen, a regional representative for Cardiac Risk
in the Yong (CRY), set up screening sessions in Flintshire for young people.
Out of 79 tested, seven had cardiac problems they were not aware of.
Mrs Harley has said: "Neither of us could ever
accept that she died for no reason.
"To put everything in place, we need a death
certificate showing the new cause of death. It is definitely the case
that she had Long QT Syndrome and she died when her alarm clock went off."
At London's High Court on Tuesday, Mrs Justice
Hallett and Mr Justice Nelson told coroner Nicholas Rheinberg to hold a new
inquest into the death of Lisa a paediatric nurse at the Countess of Chester
Hospital.
In written submissions, barrister Keith Morton
said 27 year old Mrs Browne was prescribed a drug to counter depression when
her Long QT Syndrome was misdiagnosed, and it could have exacerbated her
condition.
No new date has been set for the inquest.
Read more about Long QT
Syndrome
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Fresh
inquest to be held into death caused by alarm clock