Coroners Reports.

[askyourgran]

Not sure where to put this, but to cut a long story short my nephew died last Friday, he was living in Lancashire his parents live in Sussex. The nephew was found in the road by a taxi rank, apparently beaten up in the early hours of the morning two years ago. He was brain damaged and stayed in one of the city's hospitals able to talk to visitors, he was later transferred to another Hospital and from then on lost his ability to talk, he had several brain operations. His parents are elderly his father has cancer but his youngest son brought them to stay with us occasionally so they could visit him.
The hospital said he had MRSA, he was in a vegetative state unable to do anything for himself, later he was transferred to a hospice where he began to take notice, he recognised his father and held onto him. There was a court case to see if he could be moved to a hospice in sussex quite near to his family, but the judge ruled he should stay in Lancashire. A week later he has died, his parents seem to think there is a cover-up at the hospital, but were unable to find out. The hospice said they would arrange a funeral director for them. However the doctor wouldn't sign the death certificate. Then the Coroner rang them wanting to know about the Police action, saying he to hold a Post mortem, only to find that the Funeral director has already embalmed him, without any papers. Any evidence is now lost. My SIL and BIL are in peices about this, surely this is against the law.

[askyourgran]

Thanks maisie, boxy and gness, my BIL, is quite ill undergoing treatment for his cancer in between all this, and he feels beaten down with it all, apart from that the 4-5 hour journey to Lancashire every time, it tires them out, and their son has to drive them there and back. The funeral is next Wednesday and they are staying with me until it is over.
Peter is it easy for someone to say what you have said. Maybe it wasn't your eldest son that died in tragic circumstances, away from his family and unable to communicate fully. Gness was quite right, by arranging and attending the funeral it is not going to take away the question of his care and whether the reason for his death was due to negligence on the hospitals' part. His hospital records and the Police investigation will not be brought to light now that the Coroner is unable to fulfil his duty, thanks to the incompetence of the funeral director. If he could have done so, and then declared it was 'Accidental Death' that would maybe have made them feel a little more at ease with the situation.