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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...

A GRANDMOTHER died in agony after suffering huge pressure sores at a scandal-hit nursing home, an inquest has heard.

BBC News Published image captionEvelyn Jones was one of the care home residents whose family raised concerns A grandmother died in agony after suffering huge pressure sores at a nursing home, an inquest has heard. Dementia sufferer Evelyn Jones, 87, developed a 50cm sore across her lower back, described by hospital staff as "the worst they had seen" and by care workers as smelling like a "dead cat". She died in hospital in November 2005 after staying at the Brithdir home near Bargoed, Caerphill...