Death probe trio got wrong medicine
Three out of 10 elderly patients who died at a hospital were given inappropriate medication, an inquest jury has ruled.
The panel of five women and three men spent four weeks at Portsmouth Coroner's Court looking at how the 10 died at the Gosport War Memorial Hospital in Hampshire more than 10 years ago.
They ruled that in the cases of Robert Wilson, Elsie Devine and Geoffrey Packman the medication was not appropriate for their condition and symptoms but had been given for therapeutic reasons.
They also ruled that medication had contributed to the death of Elsie Lavender and Arthur "Brian" Cunningham, but had been given for therapeutic reasons and was appropriate for their condition.
