Kane Gorny's mum Rita Cronin told an inquest into her son's death that when the police turned up at St George's Hospital, Tooting, they were turned away by doctors and she was repeatedly ignored by staff when she begged for help for her son.
Giving evidence at the first day of a four-day inquest, she revealed how she received a distressed phone call from her son the day after his operation, in which he revealed he had called the police because he was so desperate for a drink.
A coroner had such grave concerns about the case she referred it to the police.
The death certificate said Mr Gorny had died because of a 'water deficit' and 'hypernatraemia' - a medical term for dehydration.
It sparked a Serious Untoward Incident investigation at the hospital and was referred to the police by the coroner.
The hearing has been adjourned and will resume next week.
2 comments:
Socked but sadly not surprised.
Terrible. I hope criminal proceedings are started. Similar incidents are happening too frequently and must be taken seriously.
These cuts are killing people.
It's a bit terrifying isn't it? If you go into hospital be prepared to take control and demand proper attention.
This is from a medical friend of mine who works in the NHS;
"Blimey, it is all so sad really, the slow erosion of services and almost worse the Orwellian doublespeak that is used to cover it up, ie "patient choice" meaning there is none, and the notoriously slow to respond "Rapid Response Team", and my favourite, the Crisis Team that failed to respond to a lad of mine who was about to and ultimately did shoot himself in the head, because and I quote, "it didn't fit their definition of crisis"*
*The lad survived luckily.
Best
Dillinger
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