The death hospital that prescribed powerful drugs that killed nearly 500 patients in the UK

The Gosport War Memorial Hospital has just won the dishonorable nickname of "hospital of death".

And did more than 450 of his patients die over the years after they were improperly prescribed "Contaminated blood ravaged my family": the great British public health scandal for which 2,000 people have already died

This is what an independent research group reported this month, adding that another 200 patients may have suffered the same fate, given the fact that several cases medical conditions were missing.

The report determined that there was an "indifference to human life" from a large number of patients between 1989 and 2000.

Dr. Jane Barton, in charge of supervising the practice of prescribing drugs in the pavilions, was the only one to receive a disciplinary sanction

. institutionalized "to formulate and administer" "dangerous" doses of drugs that were not clinically justified, the panel reported.

Barton was convicted of neglecting the care of 12 patients in Gosport between 1996 and 1999. However, no process was opened and it was not excluded from the record medical.

However, the doctor chose to retire after the publication of the report. The relatives of the victims demand a criminal investigation.

British Prime Minister Theresa May described the events as "deeply troubling" and apologized to the families for the time it took to get answers. National Health System (NHS).

Health Minister Jeremy Hunt told Parliament that the police and the Crown Attorney's Office would review the report's material to consider what to do and "if a criminal process." "

Briget Reeves, whose grandmother Elsie Divine died in this hospital at the age of 88 in 1999, said: "These horrifying, shameful and unforgivable actions must be disclosed to a criminal court for A jury decides and only then can we loved ones rest in peace. "

The former bishop of Liverpool, James Jones, who led the independent group charged with investigating the facts , said the revised documentation demonstrates that "over a period of 12 years, Dr. Barton's clinical assistant was responsible for the prescription. "Although medical specialists did not participate directly in the treatment of patients in the wards, the medical records show that they were aware of how the drugs were prescribed and administered, but they did not intervene stop the practice ".

Family members were waiting for the results of the investigation to end with the "heartbreaking" expectation of responses.

One of them is Ken Woolley, whose father John died in Gosport in 1996 at the age of 68, after being admitted for a fracture of the hip .

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"As soon as we saw it the next day, it was no longer able to communicate for drugs that He had been given ". 11 days passed without him communicating before dying. "

" Something must come out of there, they must go to the bottom. "

The panel's document stated that families were "constantly disappointed" by people in positions of authority, both individuals and medical institutions, when they complained about the treatment of their loved ones.

Bishop Jones clarified that "it is not the duty of the committee to assign criminal or civil responsibilities". "The task of any future judicial process will be to determine what fault or criticism might come."

Police had made three investigations between 1998 and 2006 on the death of 92 patients at the hospital remaining in the hospital. Hampshire County – South West London – but no one sued.

Hampshire Police Chief Oliva Pinkney said the force had "fully cooperated" with the panel and "shared with them more than 25,000 documents with 100,000 pages of information".

"We will evaluate any new information contained in the report together with our partners in the Ministry of Health and the Crown to decide what action to take," he added.

The Office of the Prosecutor has stated that it will "examine" the report and take "the necessary measures required".

"The police have focused on allegations that Dr. Barton was guilty of wrongful death, instead of conducting a broader investigation," the report adds.

"The Hampshire police approached the directors of Dr. Barton … in a way that ignored the possibility that they too could have been the subject of an investigation. "

The panel determined that the police were mentally considered family members who complained as "problematic" while the hospital was considered the place where to find guides and guarantees during their stay. surveys.

"Patients and their families felt helpless in their relationship with professional staff," said the panel.

Nurses were the first to warn about the dubious practice of prescribing and administering opiates at the hospital 30 years ago, but their concerns have been "silenced" continues the report

. ] the courage of the nurses who triggered the alarm while stressing how difficult it is for nurses to challenge the decisions of others.

The Minister of Health described the revelations as "really shocking" and added that there was a "catalog of failures" including the Ministry of Health.

In a statement read by her husband Jane Barton describes herself as "a doctor who has done his best for his patients".

She stated that she was working "on a part of the health service with few resources" before asking other questions to reporters from the Defense Doctors Union, who represents him

Family members cataloged their "useless" and "waste of time" statements .

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