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Death in hospital

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Nana3 Wed 18-Nov-15 07:59:01

My Dad died in hospital on Monday morning. The nurse phoned and said he was very poorly and would not last an hour. When we arrived 50 or so minutes later she said he had just died.
Yesterday 3 people told me the same happened to them and it's a hospital policy to say this even though your relative is actually dead when you get that first call. Can this be true?

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Galen Wed 18-Nov-15 21:25:05

Darling daughter not did!
Message was passed as ' he hadn't got long'

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rosequartz Wed 18-Nov-15 21:28:27

We have been sent home (for a much-needed rest and food) by nursing staff when DP were in hospital, only to just reach home to find the telephone ringing with the news that they had died.
One nursing sister told us that in her experience people often wanted to be on their own without family when they died. I don't know how true that is, or whether she was just trying to console us.

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