Man at risk of choking died after being served food at York Hospital, coroner finds

Man at risk of choking died after being served food at York Hospital, coroner finds

A man who had difficulty swallowing died after choking on food he was served at York Hospital, a coroner has said.

A coroner has issued a Prevention of Future Deaths report after two patients died following falls at St George's Hospital in Tooting.

76-year-old David Ward died on the 10th of February 2024 and 83-year-old Dr Debapriya Ghosh died the day after. Fiona Wilcox, Senior Coroner for Inner West London, said there were not enough beds or nurses to manage demand in A&E in both cases. A spokesperson for St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said: “We offer our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Dr Ghosh and Mr Ward. “These falls were fully investigated and …