Case against elderly woman’s injuries reopens after “whistle-blower” raises concerns
Police are looking into how exactly an 83-year-old woman suffered significant bruising and cuts during a stay at a Sydney hospital.
The elderly woman was at Hornsby Hospital last Thursday for a dementia assessment.
When her daughter picked her up from the hospital, she was shocked by the sight of her mother who was covered in bruises and cuts on her arm, neck and face.
The hospital initially told her the injuries were the result of two falls suffered in their care.
Police said an investigation showed no indication of anything more sinister.
However two whistleblowers have come forward and claimed the case should be brought back into the spotlight.
One person allegedly told 7NEWS they saw the 83-year-old woman walking to the lift when she was restrained and dragged back into her room.
Another claimed that police didn’t check security cameras or interview staff who were working when she was hurt.
Police on Wednesday confirmed they had reopened the investigation.
The hospital has apologised to the woman’s daughter and said it too was investigating exactly what happened.
“I was broken-hearted, shocked, just couldn’t believe the state she was in,” daughter Tracey McCarthy told 7NEWS.