the family of an elderly woman found dead on the floor of a hospital ward have said staff at altnagelvin denied her her dignity and prevented them from saying a final goodbye.
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on the afternoon of may 1, nurses got clearances from doctors and wheeled robert into helen's room.
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robert, from los angeles, had four children from a previous marriage when he met helen through friends in the early 1960s.
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"the hospital � i don't know what to say. everyone was amazing," he said.
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he described the failure to send the patient for a ct scan on her hip as another "missed opportunity".
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