Elm Ward News Today

Sheets of handwritten notes that should have been taken in the hours leading up to a 22-year-olds death have been reported missing.

Mary L. Fox, 92, passed away on March 24, 2021, at the Grand Traverse Pavilions, in Traverse City, where she had resided since January 2019. She had broken her femur due to Osteoporosis while rising that morning and Munson Medical Center performed surgery. She was transferred to the GT Pavilions. She had been coping with Alzheimers/Dementia and this accelerated her condition. She lived at her home for 56 years until moving to the Pavilions. Mary was born on June 22, 1928, to Justine and Agda Ho...

Coroner’s report to warn of risk of patients self-harming after singer’s death at West Park hospital in Darlington

A coroner will write to hospital bosses over his concerns about a ward where a talented singer was found hanging following a serious mental health episode. Mina Topley-Bird, the 24-year-old daughter of trip hop pioneer Tricky and singer Martina Topley-Bird, was found hanging in Elm Ward at West Park Hospital, Darlington, in May 2019. A four-day inquest in Durham into her death led coroner James Thompson to say he will make two so-called prevention of future death reports, one of which will rais...