Shyama Rampadaruth
11 Dec 2020 · Coroner ME Hassell · Inner North London
The coroner's concerns
1. waiting on hard chair
“When COVID19 was suspected at her routine dialysis appointment on 13 April, precautions were taken to separate Ms [name redacted] from other patients to reduce the risk of transmission. She was re-allocated to the evening dialysis clinic with other potentially infectious patients, so that the unit could be thoroughly cleaned overnight to make it safer for patients at the next clinic the following day. However, this meant that Ms [name redacted] had to wait for approximately six hours on a hard chair in”