Warlord
07-04-2013, 01:18 PM
From the UK. Socialised healthcare.
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The family of a blind stroke patient who died from pneumonia after being left outside in the pouring rain by bungling hospital nurses has received a payout from the NHS.
Frank Kelly, 79, was wearing just his pyjamas when nurses 'lost him' and he was left in a car park outside Worcestershire Royal Hospital in December 2010.
The retired farmer developed pneumonia and died three months later.
His family have now received an undisclosed payout from the NHS after reaching an out-of-court settlement .
They also received an apology after it emerged the incident was just one in a catalogue of errors during Mr Kelly's five-month stay at the hospital.
The retired farmer was admitted to Worcestershire Royal Hospital in November 2010 after suffering a second stroke which left him blind.
But the family soon took up a 24-hour rota at his bedside after being shocked by the 'appalling' care he received from doctors and nurses.
On one visit to the hospital, Frank's son Martin, 51, found his father stood in the middle of the car park wearing nothing but his sodden pyjamas on a rainy day in December 2010.
It later emerged he had wandered into the car park after the nurses who were moving him to a new ward lost him.
Martin said: 'When I turned up to see my dad in the car park, I was stunned, I couldn't believe it.
'I stopped the car, raced over and told him I was there.
'It's so sad to think that he worked his whole life and when it came to it, he couldn't even get decent hospital care.
'We all believe that with better care we could have had dad home again.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2355831/Blind-stroke-patient-79-died-pneumonia-left-outside-rain-hospital-nurses.html#ixzz2Y6dJxuTQ
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The family of a blind stroke patient who died from pneumonia after being left outside in the pouring rain by bungling hospital nurses has received a payout from the NHS.
Frank Kelly, 79, was wearing just his pyjamas when nurses 'lost him' and he was left in a car park outside Worcestershire Royal Hospital in December 2010.
The retired farmer developed pneumonia and died three months later.
His family have now received an undisclosed payout from the NHS after reaching an out-of-court settlement .
They also received an apology after it emerged the incident was just one in a catalogue of errors during Mr Kelly's five-month stay at the hospital.
The retired farmer was admitted to Worcestershire Royal Hospital in November 2010 after suffering a second stroke which left him blind.
But the family soon took up a 24-hour rota at his bedside after being shocked by the 'appalling' care he received from doctors and nurses.
On one visit to the hospital, Frank's son Martin, 51, found his father stood in the middle of the car park wearing nothing but his sodden pyjamas on a rainy day in December 2010.
It later emerged he had wandered into the car park after the nurses who were moving him to a new ward lost him.
Martin said: 'When I turned up to see my dad in the car park, I was stunned, I couldn't believe it.
'I stopped the car, raced over and told him I was there.
'It's so sad to think that he worked his whole life and when it came to it, he couldn't even get decent hospital care.
'We all believe that with better care we could have had dad home again.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2355831/Blind-stroke-patient-79-died-pneumonia-left-outside-rain-hospital-nurses.html#ixzz2Y6dJxuTQ