MCLEAN: An eminent hospital consultant died in a Sunrise Senior Living home where staff lied about making checks on residents, a coroner said.
Dr Rhys Tudor Williams was found dead on the floor of his room by paramedics in the early hours of the morning.
The 86-year-old, who had devoted his life to caring for others, should have been monitored every two hours.
But instead, in what the coroner branded ‘downright lying’, staff at the Sunrise Senior Living home – admitted filling out time sheets recording when they looked in on patients in advance ‘to save time’.
His body was found trapped between his bed and the wall during a routine check almost three hours later than he was supposed to be monitored, the court heard…