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The ultimate NHS indignity: Body of hospital patient left to die in corridor is ignored for hours.
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| 8th June 2011
| Daily Mail Reporter
Posted on 06/08/2011 9:53:16 AM PDT by Charlespg
Two heartbroken parents have slammed 'inhumane' nurses who left their dead son lying in the middle of a hospital corridor and stepped over his corpse for more than ten hours thinking he was asleep.
CCTV captured staff pulling the lifeless body of Peter Thompson along the floor like they were 'dragging the body of a dead animal'.
Today a coroner said his death was 'wholly preventable' and believes he could have survived but for the neglect of nursing staff, three of whom now face disciplinary proceedings.
41-year-old Mr Thompson had taken a cocktail of drink and drugs but instead of taking him to accident and emergency, staff at the Edale House unit at the Manchester Royal Infirmary left him sprawled on the floor, where he eventually died.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: healthcare; nhs; obamacare; romney; romneycare; romneydeathpanels; romneykilledgrandma
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Whiskey tango foxtrot!!??
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posted on
06/08/2011 9:53:22 AM PDT
by
Charlespg
To: Charlespg
Coming soon to the U.S. in 2014.
To: Charlespg
Why hospitals don't allow catz. Because they would have known he was dead, and taken appropriate (for catz) steps.
/johnny
To: Charlespg
Kill a patient... get a paid vacation. Gotta love socialized medicine.
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posted on
06/08/2011 10:01:30 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for good a blaster kid.)
To: Charlespg
For some unknown reason this picture popped into my mind...
Substitute person for possum...
To: Charlespg
When life means nothing and is reduced to a cost figure on a balance sheet for ‘nationalized’ health care, the way patients and the dead are treated should not come as a surprise.
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posted on
06/08/2011 10:03:07 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
To: Darksheare
When life means nothing and is reduced to a cost figure on a balance sheet for nationalized health care, the way patients and the dead are treated should not come as a surprise. Next!
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posted on
06/08/2011 10:11:17 AM PDT
by
seton89
(Aequinimitas per ignorantiam)
To: seton89
8
posted on
06/08/2011 10:13:52 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
To: Darksheare
Won’t happen in this country.
Devoted SEIU “providers” would certainly check for vitals. Wallet, jewelry, coin, fillings...
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posted on
06/08/2011 10:22:07 AM PDT
by
seton89
(Aequinimitas per ignorantiam)
To: Darksheare
To: Soothesayer9
Yep. “Workers and Peasants Health Collective #69666”
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posted on
06/08/2011 10:26:27 AM PDT
by
Psalm 144
(Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
To: seton89
LOL!
“Just sign this line here granting me power of attorney...”
12
posted on
06/08/2011 10:27:22 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
To: Charlespg
Clearly we need to get rid of video cameras in hospitals
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posted on
06/08/2011 10:32:27 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
Looks more like one of Obama's shovel ready jobs,
but someone forgot to bring a shovel.
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posted on
06/08/2011 10:33:39 AM PDT
by
loucon
To: Charlespg
I understand the idea to let him sleep it off. That’s what I’d do, but then I’m not a medical professional who’s had proper medical procedure and triage of patients drilled into me over the years. That’s why we go to hospitals, because they’re supposed to know better.
To: seton89
Beggar at the feast!
Master of the dance!
Life is easy pickings
If you grab your chance.
Everywhere you go
Law-abiding folk
Doing what is decent
But they’re mostly broke!
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posted on
06/08/2011 10:40:22 AM PDT
by
GnuHere
To: antiRepublicrat
Very sad. But he was that sedated, in our country (for now, anyway), he should have at least been in the ICU, perhaps even on a ventilator to protect his airway.
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posted on
06/08/2011 10:45:19 AM PDT
by
GnuHere
To: Charlespg
the sheep have no clue what is in store for them with obamacare.
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posted on
06/08/2011 10:46:01 AM PDT
by
FormerACLUmember
(When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
To: Charlespg
...Mr Thompson, a voluntary in-patient with alcohol and drug problems, was stopped from entering his ward after he turned up with a bottle of vodka and refused to surrender it.......A pathologist report concluded he died from fatal levels of alcohol and anti-psychotic drugs, with liver cirrhosis as a contributing factor.
He was four times over the drink-drive limit.
It's always someone else's fault when you drink & drug yourself to death. /s
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posted on
06/08/2011 11:00:14 AM PDT
by
elli1
To: elli1
Yes, not sure about the responsibility/negligence of the nursing staff, here, but his “dignity” etc is rather hard to appreciate, if he is deliberately making himself pass out with drugs/alcohol - he didn’t seem much concerned about his “dignity.”
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posted on
06/08/2011 11:04:47 AM PDT
by
Persevero
(Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
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