Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Needle left in patient's arm

Frail with age and recovering from pneumonia, an 86-year-old London woman was sent home from a London hospital by staff who didn't remove an intravenous needle from her arm, the woman's daughter says.

The needle was full of blood and her bruised arm covered in tape when Helen Bonner was discharged from University Hospital's emergency department last week by a doctor or a nurse.
Wed Apr 27