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BBC News
19-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Essex boy who cannot eat abseils down Southend Hospital tower
A boy with a rare digestive condition that prevents him from eating has abseiled down a hospital tower to raise money for the ward that has supported him since 14, receives food through a tube twice a week at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, digestive system cannot tolerate lipids – fatty compounds or oils which are found in foods – so he has them injected directly into his after descending the 154ft (47m) tower at Southend Hospital, Finley said: "I feel proud of myself that I've done it, and grateful for the friends who came with me." Finley said his uncle accompanied him down the tower and "helped guide me down"."I'm not going to do it again – I'm going to stay on the floor," added the teenager from Battlesbridge, Essex. Finley's case is so rare that doctors have considered presenting it to a medical journal, as they believe he may be one of the only people whose body reacts to lipids in this well as the food at hospital, he receives carbohydrates and proteins - along with vitamins, minerals and electrolytes - three times a day into his stomach via a different mum, Rhys, said Finley was in a lot of pain after doing the abseil."He's got really bad joints, so he's been in agony today – he didn't sleep last night because of it."I knew that it wasn't going to be great for Finley, but he was adamant he wanted to do it," she said. Finley persuaded his mum to do the same challenge two years ago "to say thank you for the ward"."I hate heights. I did it because it he was too young do it himself at the time and he wanted us to do it."I think it was even harder watching him do it today, than doing it myself. He struggled at the top and I wanted to be there."His uncle gave him words of encouragement and supported him the whole way down," she said."We're so thankful for Phoenix ward and outpatients – and hopefully it will help other children as well as Finley," she added. Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
01-05-2025
- BBC News
Braintree crash leaves three women in hospital and man arrested
A man was arrested on suspicion of driving offences after a crash left three young women with serious injuries, police and paramedics were called to Broad Road near Braintree, Essex, at about 03:38 BST on 26 April after a BMW crashed on a of the women's mums told the BBC her daughter was "lucky to be alive" and described the scene as "absolute carnage".Essex Police said an 18-year-old man from Halstead was arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and failing to stop, failing to report a collision, driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence and driving without insurance. He was bailed until women all live in the Sudbury area in Suffolk, where the vehicle was being driven BMW was left in a crumpled heap on a grass verge, with extensive damage to its bodywork and its airbags deployed, images sent to the BBC ambulances and an ambulance officer vehicle were sent to the scene, before transporting three people to Broomfield Hospital. 'Absolutely devastated' The mother, who asked not to be named, added: "I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy."The sister of one of the victims believed her sibling's injuries were "life-changing"."We were just absolutely devastated," she said."I now have visions of the state my sister and her friends were in and I also see different outcomes of what could have been."The police said it was continuing to investigate the single-vehicle collision. Follow Suffolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Daily Mirror
22-04-2025
- Health
- Daily Mirror
NHS investigation after worker poses for pic in hospital mortuary - and puts it on OnlyFans
Amelie Warnier's raunchy picture is now being investigated by Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs her workplace Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, Essex An NHS pathologist took a racy photograph of herself in her underwear while she was at a hospital mortuary - and then posted it on OnlyFans. Bosses are investigating Amelie Warnier's snap, understood to have been taken in the morgue waiting room at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, Essex. The 44-year-old professional is then believed to have posted the image on OnlyFans during the Covid-19 pandemic. But Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which operates the hospital, says there are "strict codes of practice" in its mortuaries. It has opened a probe into the mum of two's act, said to have happened after she was encouraged by a friend to create a profile on the adult website. Speaking to The Sun yesterday, Amelie said: "You only have one life." The pathologist added she deactivated the OnlyFans account - but the raunchy image resurfaced when she relaunched her profile this year. The image was shared widey online after Amelie uploaded it to OnlyFans, it is understood. As a result, bosses at Broomfield Hospital, which the public watchdog Care Quality Commission rated as Requires improvement this year, became aware of the picture. "None of her colleagues could believe this when they saw it. Their eyes were popping out. It's so brazen to strip off your scrubs and pose in the morgue," a source told The Sun. But Amelie, a Spanish native who describes herself as a model and health nutritionist on her Instagram page, hit back at her critics. She told the publication: "I only took that picture when I first opened the account. Someone pushed me to do it and I said f*** it, why not. You only live once... If you're a professional in your job it doesn't matter what you're doing after work." The mother of two, from Witham, Essex, said a manager called in February complaining about "something recorded in the hospital" and warned her they would need to discuss it. The investigation was opened then and continues, according to reports. Amelie qualified in pathology - the study of disease - in her native Spain in 2012. She has worked in the NHS for approximately seven years and has reportedly completed "thousands" of autopsies during this period. Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust - which runs 800-bed Broomfield Hospital - said it was taking action in line with its HR policies and procedures. It added that 'strict codes of practice' are followed in its mortuaries and there were stringent controls on who can enter. NHS England's social media guidance warns health service staff that they can still be held to the "standards expected of healthcare professionals" on their personal profiles.
