Nurse`s Confession (2009)
Nurse Confession 2009
In patient: Mr Betchley, 81, had been admitted to Colchester General Hospital (pictured), in Essex, two months earlier after suffering breathing difficultiesDuring his manslaughter investigation, Det Ch Supt Osborne found neither nurse May nor Colchester General Hospital had a case to answer.He added: 'It was a terrible mistake which resulted in fatal consequences.' A subsequent hospital investigation found Nurse May, an agency nurse with NHS Professionals and a registered nurse since 1988, had failed to carry out the required checks on how to administer the drug.She was suspended immediately after Mr Betchley's death.Mr Betchley, from Fingringhoe, had been admitted to Birch ward, in Colchester General hospital on February 10, 2009 after suffering breathing difficulties.Two post mortem examinations found Mr Betchley's cause of death to be lung disease caused by exposure to asbestos.Coroner Tina Harrington is expected to deliver a verdict in January.