Bill Anderson died in hospital in Dunfermline in September 2009 A fatal accident inquiry into a Scottish swine flu death has heard the victim was relieved when told by doctors he did not have the virus.
Bill Anderson, 53, from Fife, was the first Scot to die who was not suffering from a pre-existing health condition.
His wife Lynda told the inquiry at Dunfermline Sheriff Court he was sent to hospital by NHS 24 in September 2009 but was diagnosed with seasonal flu.
The former RAF medic, from Kirkcaldy, died four days later.
Mr Anderson fell ill on 4 September 2009 shortly after returning from Tenerife with his 56-year-old wife Lynda.
The next day he called NHS 24 who advised him to see a doctor in Kirkcaldy’s Victoria Hospital.
Mr Anderson was given a prescription and spent the next few days in bed but his condition worsened.
His daughter called 999 and he was taken to the Victoria and then transferred to Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline where he later died.
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