Bridget Cahill
11 Jun 2014 · Coroner Robin Balmain · Black Country
The coroner's concerns
1. morphine overdose in residential home patient
“The evidence I heard was that Mrs. [name redacted] was admitted to Walsall Manor Hospital on 10% September 2013. She had a one day history of unresponsiveness, had a background of Parkinson's disease, dementia and chronic backache. She lived in a residential home. On admission she had pinpoint pupils suggesting morphine overdose which was partially reversed with an antidote. Blood tests showed high calcium levels suggestive of dehydration, or possibly a tumour and there was a suggestion of possible”