The men, aged 55 and 79, were both being cared for at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh when they died.
A Scots health board has been fined £220,000 over the deaths of two vulnerable patients who died after falling from hospital windows.
In January 2023, a 79-year-old man was being cared for in the hospital’s Medical Assessment Unit after suffering hallucinations, confusion, distress and showing signs of delirium. The man did not regain consciousness before he died 16 days later on February 8. Medical staff had considered moving the man to a secure ward before his death, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, movement between wards was strictly controlled and he wasn’t transferred. Lothian Health board has now pleaded guilty to breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
“Lothian Health Board failed to ensure the risks of patients falling from windows were adequately managed.
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