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Guy died because medical staff won't let him drink.
This ****in sucks he died wanting a glass of water... wtf
A 22-YEAR-OLD man died of dehydration after three days in a leading teaching hospital during which time he was so desperate for a drink that he rang police begging for help.
Officers arrived on the ward only to be told by doctors that everything was under control.
The next day Kane Gorny's mother Rita Cronin found him delirious and he died within hours. She said nurses had failed to give him vital drugs which controlled fluid levels in his body.
"He was totally dependent on the nurses to help him and they totally betrayed him," Ms Cronin said.
A coroner has referred the case to police, who said they were investigating the possibility of a manslaughter charge against St George's Hospital in South London.
Mr Gorny had been a keen footballer and runner until diagnosed with a brain tumour.
The medication he took caused his bones to weaken and he was admitted to St George's for a hip replacement in May last year. The operation left him immobile and unable to get out of bed.
His 50-year-old mother said he needed to take drugs three times a day to regulate his hormones. Doctors had told him that without the drugs he would die.
Although he had stressed to staff how important his medication was no one gave him the drugs, Ms Cronin said.
She said that two days after his hip operation, while she was at work, he became severely dehydrated but his requests for water were refused.
He became aggressive and nurses called in security guards to restrain him. After they left, he rang the police from his bed to demand their help.
Ms Cronin said: "The police told me he'd said, `Please help me. All I want is a drink and no one is helping me.'
"By this time my son was confused due to his lack of medication and I think the nurses ignored him because they thought he was just being badly behaved."
That evening Ms Cronin visited him. She said: "I told Kane to behave himself because I thought he had been causing trouble - and I feel so bad about that now."
The next morning she visited him before going to work. "I told three nurses there was something wrong with my son and they said, `He's fine' and walked off. I started to cry and a locum doctor told me not to worry.
"Eventually the ward doctor came round, took one look at Kane and started shouting for help. He died an hour later."
http://www.news.com.au/world/kane-go...-1225838001210
A 22-YEAR-OLD man died of dehydration after three days in a leading teaching hospital during which time he was so desperate for a drink that he rang police begging for help.
Officers arrived on the ward only to be told by doctors that everything was under control.
The next day Kane Gorny's mother Rita Cronin found him delirious and he died within hours. She said nurses had failed to give him vital drugs which controlled fluid levels in his body.
"He was totally dependent on the nurses to help him and they totally betrayed him," Ms Cronin said.
A coroner has referred the case to police, who said they were investigating the possibility of a manslaughter charge against St George's Hospital in South London.
Mr Gorny had been a keen footballer and runner until diagnosed with a brain tumour.
The medication he took caused his bones to weaken and he was admitted to St George's for a hip replacement in May last year. The operation left him immobile and unable to get out of bed.
His 50-year-old mother said he needed to take drugs three times a day to regulate his hormones. Doctors had told him that without the drugs he would die.
Although he had stressed to staff how important his medication was no one gave him the drugs, Ms Cronin said.
She said that two days after his hip operation, while she was at work, he became severely dehydrated but his requests for water were refused.
He became aggressive and nurses called in security guards to restrain him. After they left, he rang the police from his bed to demand their help.
Ms Cronin said: "The police told me he'd said, `Please help me. All I want is a drink and no one is helping me.'
"By this time my son was confused due to his lack of medication and I think the nurses ignored him because they thought he was just being badly behaved."
That evening Ms Cronin visited him. She said: "I told Kane to behave himself because I thought he had been causing trouble - and I feel so bad about that now."
The next morning she visited him before going to work. "I told three nurses there was something wrong with my son and they said, `He's fine' and walked off. I started to cry and a locum doctor told me not to worry.
"Eventually the ward doctor came round, took one look at Kane and started shouting for help. He died an hour later."
http://www.news.com.au/world/kane-go...-1225838001210
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