A BRIERFIELD man of 84 died in Royal Blackburn Hospital after being admitted with problems with a replacement hip.
An inquest heard Ernest Heavyside also had acute pancreatitis but this was not diagnosed until after his death.
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Mary Heavyside told the inquest her husband first had a hip replacement in 1982 after being involved in a road accident. That hip lasted over 30 years before it was replaced in June, 2013.
Mrs Heavyside said her husband, a retired Rolls-Royce polisher, failed to recover in the way he had done the first time, which surgeon Ian Lowrey said was entirely normal.
Consultant Pathologist Dr Mohammed Aslam said the cause of death was multi organ failure due to acute pancreatitis and an infected right hip replacement site, with congestive cardiac failure and diabetes contributing.
Coroner Michael Singleton recorded a narrative verdict on the death.
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