Sam Russell

An inquest heard that doctors did not focus solely on Caroline Savage’s use of Mounjaro before she died in 2024. The 73-year-old was treated at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital for severe abdominal pain, but was discharged after tests were considered essentially normal and later died from faecal peritonitis caused by perforated sigmoid diverticular disease. Coroner Yvonne Blake found no evidence of systemic defects or diagnostic overshadowing linked to Mounjaro, but raised serious concerns about sparse medical records and communication between hospital staff and the East of England Ambulance Service. Savage’s family maintained that the medication was recorded too prominently and warned against weight-loss drugs becoming an overly convenient explanation for unexplained symptoms.