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A Sydney-based grandma who checked out of Hornsby Hospital last week, has been left with horrific injuries including two black eyes and cuts down her arm.
The 83-year-old who is referred to as Mrs B suffers from dementia and has no recollection of what happened to her inside of the hospital.
However when her loved ones came to pick her up after a routine assessment, they were left stunned by her body and face which was covered in bruises and her left arm that had large cuts.
2GB’s host Ray Hadley has known Mrs B for over 20 years and was the one who broke the story about his good friend, saying nobody from Sydney’s northwest hospital contacted her family to let them know of the elderly woman’s condition.
He said the hospital told the family five days after she was released that the injuries came from two falls Mrs B suffered.
News.com.au reports that Mrs B was also taking blood thinners and other medication that can bring out bruising.
The explanation did not go down well with Hadley who blasted the hospital’s explanation on the show Tuesday morning, labelling it “incomprehensible and disgusting”.
“When you see the photos you’ll be aware that she must have fallen from the first or second storey onto the ground floor,” he said.
“She couldn’t have fallen out of bed to sustain the injuries she sustained.
“You don’t get two black eyes, bruising on your neck and skin stripped bare from your arm from falling. That doesn’t happen.
“Somebody at that hospital knows what happened, because it can’t possibly be the result of a fall.”
Mr Hadley does not suggest staff at the hospital mistreated Mrs B, but said that someone needed to be held to account.
He contacted NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard who demanded the hospital investigate.
