Paul Harman (57), of Portland Road, died at King's Mill Hospital on 22nd September last year after suffering severe abdominal bleeding.

The inquest was told he had been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis of the bowel five years previously and was admitted to King's Mill on 15th September after suffering from severe diarrhoea and bleeding.

He was immediately put on an intensive course of steroids to calm the inflammation of the bowel because most patients respond well to this treatment.

But when his condition continued to deteriorate, medical staff were left with no other option but to remove part of the bowel that was inflamed.

It was removed but Mr Harman experienced severe abdominal bleeding because the lining was so inflamed that it began to rupture.

A post-mortem revealed that Mr Harman was also suffering from cirrhosis of the liver.

Nottinghamshire coroner Dr Nigel Chapman said at the inquest on 19th March: "This is a dreadful disease as we have seen here. The diarrhoea and bleeding really are devastating.

"The doctors tried to avoid surgery because of the risk of complications, which happened here.

"I am returning a verdict of accidental death – it was related to the surgery, but they had tried to avoid this."