mad1
ONE love, blood, life
I am truly truly shocked and stunned that such a person out there could do this.........:
*from a Paper Source
A GRANDMOTHER dying of cancer has been raped on a hospital ward.
The sickening assault on the 71-year-old marks a new level of depravity in the tide of crime sweeping Britain.
Doctors and nurses wept after the frail patient revealed her horrific ordeal. She had kept silent about it for THREE WEEKS because she felt ashamed and did not want her family to know what happened.
She finally blurted out her torment to a GP who alerted police.
The married pensioner, with only months to live, went into King?s College Hospital, South London, for an operation at the end of April.
In the early hours of May 1 she got out of bed to go to a ladies? loo a few yards away.
She was followed in by a man and raped.
A shocked member of staff said: ?It is the worst thing anybody has ever heard of happening in a hospital.
People were crying after finding out.
The victim is dying and the last memory her family are going to have of her is the fact she was raped.
Although the woman had been on powerful cancer drugs, police said they had evidence to confirm her story.
Det Insp Martin Ward, of Streatham CID, said: What happened is simply indescribable. She is very ill and has only a short time to live.
Her husband and family are obviously extremely upset by what has happened to her. The attack is another blow to public confidence in an NHS reeling from crisis to crisis.
And it raises fresh fears about security at the nation?s hospitals.
The victim was on a large, mixed ward which deals with patients of all ages suffering cancer and other illnesses.
People entering must tap in a special code on a combination lock.
Detectives are questioning staff and patients who were there at the time of the rape.
They are also examining the possibility that a prowler could have sneaked in if the security door was left open accidentally.
The pensioner ? who must not be identified ? lives in the South East but outside London.
Mr Ward said: ?She didn?t report what had happened straight away because she said she was ashamed about it.
?She went back home from hospital and a few weeks later finally mentioned it.
?She and her husband are a lovely couple and she is a much-loved grandmother and an outstanding member of her community.?
A spokeswoman at King?s College said: "The hospital and staff are deeply saddened by this incident. ?We have extended our sympathies to the patient and her family.
?The Hospital Trust is working closely with the police investigation.?
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*from a Paper Source
A GRANDMOTHER dying of cancer has been raped on a hospital ward.
The sickening assault on the 71-year-old marks a new level of depravity in the tide of crime sweeping Britain.
Doctors and nurses wept after the frail patient revealed her horrific ordeal. She had kept silent about it for THREE WEEKS because she felt ashamed and did not want her family to know what happened.
She finally blurted out her torment to a GP who alerted police.
The married pensioner, with only months to live, went into King?s College Hospital, South London, for an operation at the end of April.
In the early hours of May 1 she got out of bed to go to a ladies? loo a few yards away.
She was followed in by a man and raped.
A shocked member of staff said: ?It is the worst thing anybody has ever heard of happening in a hospital.
People were crying after finding out.
The victim is dying and the last memory her family are going to have of her is the fact she was raped.
Although the woman had been on powerful cancer drugs, police said they had evidence to confirm her story.
Det Insp Martin Ward, of Streatham CID, said: What happened is simply indescribable. She is very ill and has only a short time to live.
Her husband and family are obviously extremely upset by what has happened to her. The attack is another blow to public confidence in an NHS reeling from crisis to crisis.
And it raises fresh fears about security at the nation?s hospitals.
The victim was on a large, mixed ward which deals with patients of all ages suffering cancer and other illnesses.
People entering must tap in a special code on a combination lock.
Detectives are questioning staff and patients who were there at the time of the rape.
They are also examining the possibility that a prowler could have sneaked in if the security door was left open accidentally.
The pensioner ? who must not be identified ? lives in the South East but outside London.
Mr Ward said: ?She didn?t report what had happened straight away because she said she was ashamed about it.
?She went back home from hospital and a few weeks later finally mentioned it.
?She and her husband are a lovely couple and she is a much-loved grandmother and an outstanding member of her community.?
A spokeswoman at King?s College said: "The hospital and staff are deeply saddened by this incident. ?We have extended our sympathies to the patient and her family.
?The Hospital Trust is working closely with the police investigation.?
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