Leicester Royal Infirmary sorry for 100 year-old's death

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A "catastrophic error" led to a 100-year-old great-grandmother dying from dehydration, a hospital has admitted.

Lydia Spilner went into the Leicester Royal Infirmary with a chest infection but her condition deteriorated after a drip was removed.

Her family, who have now agreed an undisclosed out-of-court settlement, also criticised the attitude of staff.


The hospital has apologised and said it had made changes in leadership and increased staffing.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-22781126


This really doesn't give me much confidence in our health service; you'd think the NHS were a lot more competent and their staff equally as such. Apparently at one point the poor woman had been found lying on the floor.