An Ombudsman investigation has found that a hospital patient should have been given higher levels of fluid in the days before he died, but that while this may have prolonged his life for a time his death could not have been avoided.
Source · NIPSO (NI Public Services Ombudsman)
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
NIPSO (NI Public Services Ombudsman)
Other
Reference NIPSO-17178
Sector Health & Social Care
Decided 01 October 2018
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Original decision on the NIPSO (NI Public Services Ombudsman) website ↗