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A NURSING home where seven residents died after suffering poor care would have been closed much sooner had the scandal happened today, an inquest…

A SOCIAL services department failed the residents of a scandal-hit nursing home where seven people died after suffering poor care, a senior council…

Care home owner Prana Das was "very rude and offensive" to inspectors, inquest hears.

Carole Reece Williams, who worked for the then Gwent Health Authority as a nurse assessor, told the inquest of a meeting she and two inspectors from Care Inspectorate Wales, John Powell and Alison Price, had at Brithdir with Dr Das in June 2003. She said the meeting had been arranged at the request of Dr Das to discuss the registration of the home and its manager, Peter Smith. “Throughout the meeting Mr Powell made several attempts to explain the registration process of the home and the...

Owner of scandal-hit nursing home rude and offensive to inspectors Dr Prana Das ran the Brithdir nursing home where seven residents died after suffering poor care Dr Prana Das owned the Brithdir nursing home (Image: Media Wales) The owner of a scandal-hit nursing home where seven residents died after suffering poor care was rude and confrontational with watchdog inspectors, an inquest has heard. Dr Prana Das was “very rude and offensive” and the social care inspectors ended the meeting bec...

BBC News Published image captionThe inquest into deaths at the former Brithdir nursing home comes after a major police investigation Staff were becoming ill trying to resolve constant problems at a care home where alleged neglect took place in the early-2000s, the former chief executive has told an inquest. Paul Black said it was like being "a rat in a wheel" when he started working for Puretruce Healthcare Ltd in 2003. "Wed resolve 10 issues and thered be another 10," Mr Black told the hearing...

BBC News By Nelli Bird image captionPaul Black showed reporters around the home as part of an investigation by BBC Wales The former chief executive of a care home company at the centre of a neglect investigation knew money was being embezzled by the owner, an inquest has heard. Paul Black ran Puretruce Healthcare Ltd, which owned 22 care homes, including the former Brithdir Nursing Home in New Tredegar. On Friday Mr Black said Prana Das was embezzling money from the business. Both Dr Das and Mr...

BBC News Published image captionPrana Das was attacked in his home in September 2012 and died last year A doctor at the centre of one of Wales biggest inquiries into care home neglect and fraud refused to engage with police during interviews, an inquest heard. Dr Prana Das had been investigated over seven residents deaths at former Brithdir Nursing Home in New Tredegar. The inquest follows the £11m Operation Jasmine inquiry into neglect claims at this and five other homes he owned. During poli...

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Share The hearing heard Mrs Jones was admitted to Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr with a urinary tract infection, and medical staff discovered the extent of her wounds. Mrs Joness daughter, Marina Walters, said she was unaware of the pressure sores until her mother went into hospital. The day following my mothers admission to the Prince Charles Hospital my daughter Ruth attended the hospital to see her grandmother, she said in a statement. Upon arrival she was informed by staff on the ward t...