Whatever next?
Dead body lay in ward for seven hours
Just because a relative wished that the corpse remained in situ.
I think beds in hospital wards are for live patients. Once a patient expires, then it should be removed to the morgue, maybe even a chapel or a side room. I think this is one request the hospital should not have granted.
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
I heard about this. When questioned about the corpse, the ward sister said that he was merely "Pining for the Fjords"
ReplyDeleteIt had to be pointed out to her that he was NOT pining but had indeed "passed on and gorn to join the bleedin' choir invisible"
This was an ex-patient.He had ceased to be. He was a stiff.