Archive for April, 2010
Dying of thirst he rang the police…
A 22 year old man died of dehydration after three days in one of the UK’s top teaching hospitals. In desperation he even rang the police for help.
Kane Gorny was diagnosed with a brain tumour last year and was admitted to St. George’s Hospital for further treatment when the drugs he had to take weakened his hip bone.
Two days after the hip operation, having been denied essential medication, he became severely dehydrated but his requests for water were refused. Bedridden and confused, he still managed to ring the police for help.
Very sadly it was too late. His mother said: “I told three nurses there was something wrong with my son and they said “he’s fine” and walked off.”
Kane died shortly afterwards.
St. George’s Hospital has apologised and says it has introduced new procedures to ensure such a failure can not happen again.
However the MetropolitanPolice have been requested to investiage his death after the case was referred by Westminster Coroner’s Court.
Taken from Mail Online – The Daily Mail, March,2010.
April 18, 2010
Posted in: News from BTA 
