Death by Misadventure

(Manchester, England) A coroner's inquest has been completed in the case of mental health patient Peter Thompson, 41, who was found dead in a hospital corridor after being left on the floor for 10 hours.

Nurses at the mental health unit knew Mr Thompson was heavily intoxicated and had wet himself, but left him to sleep it off, an inquest heard.

He died from a fatal combination of alcohol and anti-psychotic medication, in the early hours of April 4, last year.

Speaking after the inquest Peter's daughter Carly Thompson said she was disgusted with her father's treatment.

Carly, 23, said: “I didn't realise the extent of the neglect they had shown to my dad until this week. He went to them for help and they left him out in the corridor to die cold, wet and lonely with nothing.”

Reportedly, hospital staff were forced to step over Mr. Thompson's body during the 10 hours he lay dying.



CCTV image of Mr. Thompson on floor
The inquest resulted in the verdict of "death by misadventure contributed to by neglect." Death caused by "misadventure" isn't exactly descriptive. I'd suggest that the hospital staffers were annoyed by Mr. Thompson's habitual drunkenness and decided to let him be after he passed out.