Families have slammed the NHS for putting “do not resuscitate” orders on disabled patients without their permission. An investigation by ITV News discovered that numerous UK hospitals have put blanket ‘Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation’ (DNR) orders on at least 12 patients with learning disabilities after being ordered to cease the practice five years ago. The Care Quality CommissionContinue reading “NHS Doctors Give Disabled Patients Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders Without Consent”
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Patient Left On The Table By A 44-Year-Old Surgeon
A senior surgeon has been allowed to return to practice medicine after abandoning a patient on an operating table during surgery to engage in sexual relations with a nurse in a nearby operating room. Consultant anaesthetist Suhail Anjum, 44, was discovered ‘in a compromising position’ with another nurse at Tameside General Hospital in 2023. The father-of-threeContinue reading “Patient Left On The Table By A 44-Year-Old Surgeon”
Dressed Up As A Nurse To Sell Drugs During The COVID Pandemic
A Polish crook who pretended to be a nurse to deal drugs during the Covid pandemic has avoided deportation after a judge ruled her offences were not serious enough. Urszula Kareme impersonated an NHS ‘key worker’ to evade detection in her role with an organised crime group that traded large quantities of cocaine, heroin and cannabis in lockdown. When policeContinue reading “Dressed Up As A Nurse To Sell Drugs During The COVID Pandemic”
Newborn ‘Killed By Six-Year-Old Who Wandered’ French Maternity Ward
The cause of death of the baby killed after being allegedly dropped by a six-year-old who was left to roam a French maternity ward has been revealed. Five-day-old Baby Zayneb-Cassandra was discovered lying unresponsive on the floor beside her crib with a traumatic brain injury at the Jeanne-de-Flandre Children’s Hospital in the northern city of Lille, France, on Friday, JulyContinue reading “Newborn ‘Killed By Six-Year-Old Who Wandered’ French Maternity Ward”
Better Lives Attract Britons To Australia
Britons are flocking to Australia in enormous numbers to earn an income while enjoying the famously laid-back Aussie lifestyle. Almost 50,000 Brits arrived Down Under on working holiday visas this year out of more than 200,000 applicants overall, a new record high. The spike in ‘Poms’ heading Down Under has been boosted by a loosening ofContinue reading “Better Lives Attract Britons To Australia”
Southend Hospital: Claims Patients ‘Dumped On Wards’
A nurse has described chaos at Southend Hospital as staff are “left in tears” after leaving patients in “the middle of wards” with “no privacy or dignity” due to a shortage of beds. The Southend Hospital worker, who asked to remain nameless, has claimed staff feel “powerless and distressed” after seeing patients “dumped on wards” despite noContinue reading “Southend Hospital: Claims Patients ‘Dumped On Wards’”
Nurse Who Made Patients Wash His Car
A mental health nurse who made four vulnerable patients wash his car as part of their ‘therapy’ has been struck off. Ian Brown, who worked at a care home for male offenders with mental illnesses in Ipswich, claimed the activity was ‘more constructive’ than ‘sitting outside smoking’. A Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) misconduct hearing heardContinue reading “Nurse Who Made Patients Wash His Car”
Blackpool Nurse And Healthcare Worker Who Illegally Drugged Patients For ‘Own Amusement’
A nurse and assistant practitioner have been jailed for a total of ten years and two months after drugging patients for their amusement. Senior nurse Catherine Hudson, 44, and healthcare worker Charlotte Wilmot, 48, were earlier found guilty of the ill-treatment of stroke patients at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. Catherine Hudson illegally sedated two patients andContinue reading “Blackpool Nurse And Healthcare Worker Who Illegally Drugged Patients For ‘Own Amusement’ “
A 14-Year-Old Girl Nearly Died On British Airways Flight Due To Severe Nut Allergy
A mother has told of her mid-air terror after her teenage daughter blacked out and suffered an allergic reaction at 30,000 feet on a British Airways flight when a passenger opened a pack of peanuts on board. Joanna Jones, 39, was flying to London from Antigua when her 14-year-old daughter Poppy needed oxygen and twoContinue reading “A 14-Year-Old Girl Nearly Died On British Airways Flight Due To Severe Nut Allergy”
A Nurse Is Jailed For Using A Dying Patient’s Bank Card
A hospital nurse was imprisoned for 14 months after she went on a spending binge with a dying patient’s bank card. Leanne Wallace, 40, targeted weak and vulnerable Leslie Rushworth, 84, as he lay gravely ill with problems including pneumonia and anorexia. Teesside Crown Court was told that whilst he was under her care, sheContinue reading “A Nurse Is Jailed For Using A Dying Patient’s Bank Card”
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