At around 8:00 am on 15 February 2022, after 13-year-old Joy Osundeko’s father had spent the night caring for her at their St Helens home, two carers arrived, only for one of the nurses to mistakenly turn off Joy’s life-critical ventilator for nearly six minutes, leaving her unresponsive and gasping for air until her motherContinue reading “A Tragic Failure Of Care: Lifeline Turned Off”
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Asked For A Plaster, Got Told To Ring 999. Britain: Where Minor Injuries Get Blue‑Light Treatment
A grandmother of seven who needed a plaster after cutting her finger was refused assistance by her local pharmacy and GP – and told to call 999. Pauline Shillito hurt herself while slicing a melon in her home in Lydd, on Romney Marsh, where she lives alone. Although the injury was only minor, the 84-year-old started bleeding because she takes blood-thinning medication,Continue reading “Asked For A Plaster, Got Told To Ring 999. Britain: Where Minor Injuries Get Blue‑Light Treatment”
Hospital Staff Thought A Woman, 24, Struggling To Breathe Was ‘Overreacting’
Hospital staff thought a 24-year-old woman was ‘overreacting’ and gave her an oxygen mask that was ‘not connected to anything’ before her death, an inquest heard. University of Manchester graduate Clarissa Street spent over an hour in a corridor while suffering from a pulmonary embolism after arriving at Royal Oldham Hospital in an ambulance lateContinue reading “Hospital Staff Thought A Woman, 24, Struggling To Breathe Was ‘Overreacting’”
NHS Doctors Give Disabled Patients Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders Without Consent
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”
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”
