Family protest at Smethwick care home after woman, 100, dies with broken thigh bone
BBC Midlands health correspondentWhen Violet Williams died on 28 February, her thigh bone had been broken in three places for weeks, her family said.
She was discharged to a different care home after an operation to straighten her leg, where she died a few weeks later.Granddaughter, Julia Sullivan, said medics found Mrs Williams had fractures sustained at different times The discharge note stated that a referral was made to safeguarding as the patient had suffered a trauma injury, but the care home reported no history of trauma or a fall.
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