Keith Hoskins, 82, a former shipbuilder of Plymouth, England, who has traveled the world for the Royal Navy and began working in the Royal Naval Dockyard in 1944, died in November 2010 as pleural mesothelioma. This is a very aggressive cancer and affects the lining of the lungs and cause long-term is almost exclusively related to asbestos exposure. Many shipyard workers suffering from mesothelioma, which lasts an average of 40 years to develop, as the asbestos used in ship building and fresh.
"I said all vessels worked at the asbestos used for insulation and fire hoses and late," recalled his wife Barbara Hoskin. "His duties involved working in all parts of the ship and, although he does not work with asbestos was discovered when the others were to use or repair."
Gloucestershire deputy coroner David Dooley recorded a conviction for Hoskins occupational disease because of high levels of asbestos fibers in his lungs. Hoskins had been relatively healthy until 2010 when he began suffering from shortness of breath and loss of appetite.
Fluid on his lung was consistent with a pleural effusion, and I arranged for him to be hospitalized, "said Dr Jeremy Halliday Hoskin GP." When he was hospitalized, he was treated as if he was suffering from pneumonia, but a CT scan showed thickening of the pleura around a lung. "
Although it may take decades to develop malignant mesothelioma does not become symptomatic until it reaches stage three or four, making it difficult to detect in time to the process. The treatment is almost entirely palliative and not curative.
"I said all vessels worked at the asbestos used for insulation and fire hoses and late," recalled his wife Barbara Hoskin. "His duties involved working in all parts of the ship and, although he does not work with asbestos was discovered when the others were to use or repair."
Gloucestershire deputy coroner David Dooley recorded a conviction for Hoskins occupational disease because of high levels of asbestos fibers in his lungs. Hoskins had been relatively healthy until 2010 when he began suffering from shortness of breath and loss of appetite.
Fluid on his lung was consistent with a pleural effusion, and I arranged for him to be hospitalized, "said Dr Jeremy Halliday Hoskin GP." When he was hospitalized, he was treated as if he was suffering from pneumonia, but a CT scan showed thickening of the pleura around a lung. "
Although it may take decades to develop malignant mesothelioma does not become symptomatic until it reaches stage three or four, making it difficult to detect in time to the process. The treatment is almost entirely palliative and not curative.
