A&E nurse shocked by care home patient arriving unclean and dirty from faeces
A coroner has heard how dementia patient Edith Evans appeared to have been neglected at Brithdir Nursing Home in New Tredegar. She arrived in hospital filthy having been so for some considerable time
Pensioner Edith Evans was taken to Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil where she later died (Image: Media Wales Ltd)
An elderly woman was left so poorly neglected by nursing home staff that hospital workers were left shocked by her condition, an inquest has heard.
Dementia patient Edith Evans, 85, was suffering from MRSA and an infection to a feeding tube to her stomach.
Hospital staff shocked at condition of elderly nursing home resident – inquest
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The Welsh Government pledged funding for the project, which is estimated to cost a total of £6.7 million. Residents in the affected properties left their homes before the end of 2020, with demolition work planned to start in the coming months. “The majority of surveys have now been concluded and Caerphilly County Borough Council is currently in the process of obtaining the necessary consents and licences required to enable the properties to be demolished,” said a council spokesman. “Contractors will next be invited to tender for the work.” Under the plan, air quality requirements will be met by 2022, more quickly than an alternative approach which relied on vehicle emissions improving without further intervention. The scheme will remove the ‘street canyon’ effect in the area, reducing pollution concentrations, and will see residents in the properties worst affected by poor air relocated.
The Welsh Government pledged funding for the project, which is estimated to cost a total of £6.7 million. Residents in the affected properties left their homes before the end of 2020, with demolition work planned to start in the coming months. “The majority of surveys have now been concluded and Caerphilly County Borough Council is currently in the process of obtaining the necessary consents and licences required to enable the properties to be demolished,” said a council spokesman. “Contractors will next be invited to tender for the work.” Under the plan, air quality requirements will be met by 2022, more quickly than an alternative approach which relied on vehicle emissions improving without further intervention. The scheme will remove the ‘street canyon’ effect in the area, reducing pollution concentrations, and will see residents in the properties worst affected by poor air relocated.
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