NHS warned over hand sanitiser after pensioner drinks bottle and dies The NHS has been warned over the use of hand sanitiser after a confused patient drank two litres of gel and later died.
John Haughey, 76, would have been almost six times over the drink-drive limit after consuming the contents of the bottle which had been attached to the bottom of his bed at Hull Royal Infirmary. It contained as much alcohol as a litre of gin.
Mr Haughey drifted in and out of consciousness and died six days later of bronchopneumonia.
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has now admitted breach of its duty of care as part of a legal action by the patient's family, and agreed to pay an undisclosed, five-figure sum in damages. The Daily Telegraph
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