Dead man’s cash goes ‘missing’ in Huddersfield hospital
A GRANDDAUGHTER says cash was stolen from her grandfather after he died in hospital.
Widower Geoffrey Dyson, 84, Milnsbridge, died at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary (HRI) from a stroke on January 25 after 15 days in hospital.
But when Mr Dyson’s family came to collect his belongings they say two £10 notes, which had been in the grandfather-of-four’s wallet the day before his death, had vanished.
The family complained and say the hospital investigated but was unable to find a form with an inventory of Mr Dyson’s possessions.
Granddaughter Jenna Dyson, 24, Milnsbridge: “We think it was taken while he was in hospital. It’s definitely not been lost. He was in a side room. He wasn’t even in a ward.
“I think it’s disgusting that someone could do that. It makes me sick to think about it.
“He was very alert and knew exactly what was going on so someone must have taken it after he died.
“It doesn’t get much lower than that. To steal from a living person is bad enough but to steal from a dead person is horrible.”
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