War veteran dies after beating in NHS hospital
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Clifford Armion
le 12/10/2013
Activer le mode zenNick Collins
A war veteran has died after being violently beaten by a dementia patient armed with a bottle at an NHS hospital.Richard Bowman, 86, was found curled up in a pool of blood with major injuries to his head, leg and arm after the incident at West Suffolk Hospital and died 12 days later, on Saturday.
His family described his care as a “national disgrace”, claiming staff should never have allowed him to be left alone with the patient who is also believed to have bipolar disorder.
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War veteran dies after beating in NHS hospital, La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), octobre 2013. Consulté le 11/05/2025. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/war-veteran-dies-after-beating-in-nhs-hospital