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Current Events => Political Ammunition => Nationalized Health Care and Its Potential Horrors => Topic started by: thundley4 on March 11, 2010, 04:26:19 PM

Title: Neglected by 'lazy' nurses, man, 22, dying of thirst rang the police to beg for
Post by: thundley4 on March 11, 2010, 04:26:19 PM

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A man of 22 died in agony of dehydration after three days in a leading teaching hospital.
Kane Gorny was so desperate for a drink that he rang police to beg for their help.
They arrived on the ward only to be told by doctors that everything was under control.

The next day his mother Rita Cronin found him delirious and he died within hours.
She said nurses had failed to give him vital drugs which controlled fluid levels in his body. 'He was totally dependent on the nurses to help him and they totally betrayed him.'

A coroner has such grave concerns about the case that it has been referred to police.
Sources say they are investigating the possibility of a corporate manslaughter charge against St George's Hospital in Tooting, South London.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1255858/Neglected-lazy-nurses-Kane-Gorny-22-dying-thirst-rang-police-beg-water.html#ixzz0huSzvtnW

Title: Re: Neglected by 'lazy' nurses, man, 22, dying of thirst rang the police to beg for
Post by: rich_t on March 11, 2010, 04:27:50 PM

Nationalized health care looks better every day don't it?

Title: Re: Neglected by 'lazy' nurses, man, 22, dying of thirst rang the police to beg for
Post by: MrsSmith on March 11, 2010, 04:46:03 PM

Let's hope the law can do something in this case.  It's a lot easier to sue a hospital or an insurance company than it is to sue the government.  (And this is one case where I'd be in favor of a lawsuit, if it happened here.)

Title: Re: Neglected by 'lazy' nurses, man, 22, dying of thirst rang the police to beg for
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on March 11, 2010, 05:09:14 PM

Unfortunately, the only thing you can get a long sentence for in England seems to be defending yourself.