A man found slumped over a table at a hospital coffee shop may have been dead for over three hours before alarm was raised, it has emerged.
The 36-year-old, from Birmingham, died in the coffee shop in the main reception area of Sandwell General Hospital, West Bromwich on July 10, The Times reported.He reportedly went to the café after being discharged from the hospital around midday. He sat down and was not seen moving after 1.30pm.
A security guard, after noticing he had not moved, tried to wake him around 4.45pm, but he reportedly had no pulse. A&E doctors tried to resuscitate him, but hospital insiders told the newspaper that rigor mortis had already set in.
The NHS has now launched an investigation into the incident which, sources say saw hospital staff, including doctors and nurses, using the café as normal for several hours before anyone paid notice to the man. More of this article (Daily Mail) - link - more like this (end of days) - link
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