1,000 hospital patients die of dehydration each month

Shocking statistics of medical negligence have just been released which show that each month at least 1,000 patients die in hospital due to dehydration.

Researchers and Kidney Disease experts have found that acute kidney injury, otherwise known as AKI causes between 15,000 to 40,000 deaths each year in England.

Severe dehydration can be one of the main causes of AKI and symptoms can begin very quickly in people who have been admitted to hospital with infections or are suffering from heart failure or diabetes.

The condition is entirely avoidable and can develop after major surgery when the kidneys are deprived of blood flow during the procedure.

Costing the health service a massive £1 billion per year, AKI  is a bigger killer than the superbug MRSA was at it's peak and responsible for nearly eight times as many deaths each year.

Consultant Renal physician, Professor Donal O'Donoghue the co-author of the report says "We know that at least 1,000 people per month are dying in hospital from AKI due to poor care".

Based at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Professor O'Donoghue stresses in a Daily Mail report that people who have undergone surgery should not generally be asked to go for more than two hours without water and doctors and nurses should make elementary checks to prevent AKI.

He adds, "These deaths are avoidable.  This is completely unacceptable and we can't allow it to continue.  Good basic care would save these lives and save millions of pounds for the NHS".

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