A&E staff were too busy to treat my daughter, woman tells inquest

Bethany Shipsey, who took overdose of diet pills, died at Worcestershire Royal hospital ‘on exceptionally busy day’

The mother of a young woman who died after taking a overdose of diet pills had to help treat her daughter herself because accident and emergency staff were too busy, an inquest has heard.

Carole Shipsey, herself a nurse, said she took her daughter Bethany’s pulse and even changed the electrodes on a monitor.

Continue reading... January 16, 2018 at 12:50AM