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The fact that his notes said “nil by mouth” meant that he should’ve automatically had an intravenous drip feed. This was ignored. I’m not defending the hospital staff, for this gross incompetence.

Broken hip, dementia, Down’s syndrome and difficulty swallowing so the odds were stacked against the poor guy. Guess he wasn’t able to communicate that he was hungry, but there’s no excuse for not feeding him intravenously. Shameful.