Family handoutA teenager, who was left alone in a mental health hospital, should have been under constant supervision when she died and later died, an inquiry heard.
On 14 February 2022, Ruth Szimkivicz was being taken care of by a member of the staff in his first innings at Hunterkomb Hospital near Medenhead.
Assistant Coronor Ian Wade KC said that he left work without entrusting a colleague to his responsibilities, said Ruth, Solisbury, to visit the hospital alone and go to his room, the assistant coroner Ian Wade KC said.
The man had false papers and flew back to Ghana, where he was believed to be from, and Ruth was later found unconscious. Two days later, he died at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
Ruth was looked after by a psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) Temes ward in the hospital since October 2021. He was found out of a dining disorder.
Hospital, which has been closed since then Insufficient rated And Need to improve later In two separate inspections in 2021.
Her parents Kate and Mark said that Ruth loved and studied with animals and he had a “fierce, prescribed” personality and a “huge heart”. She said that she was “and still loves deeply” and her death “shattered us”.
The jury heard that she had climbed Kilimanjaro at the age of 11 years. She lived in Tanzania for a time with her mother and father, a GP and surgeon and her two sisters.
Mr. Wade said that the hospital worker left the hospital on 12 February and “late” [Ruth] Below “. He is not found and no one is prosecuted.
After the man left, Ruth went back to the lounge, back to the Temes ward and his room and CCTV was captured to do so, Mr. Wade said.
Other employees were taking care of other patients and did not notice, the jury was told.
Inquiries in Buckinghamshire Coronor Court at Biksfield are expected to last for about two weeks.
