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Daily Mirror
5 hours ago
- Health
- Daily Mirror
Tragic pensioner dies after pouring detergent into his tea instead of milk
David Hayes, 82, died after ingesting washing detergent in confusion, an inquest into his death has found - with the coroner warning of a 'risk of similar events' A pensioner died after mistaking washing detergent for milk and pouring it into his tea. David Hayes was rushed to hospital after ingesting the product in confusion, an inquest into his death heard. The coroner warning of a 'risk of similar events' following the death of the 82-year-old, who suffered from dementia. It is believed that he inhaled the detergent and stomach acid into his lungs, which caused irreversible damage. In hospital, he was diagnosed with pneumonitis - a condition which causes lung swelling - likely due to the chemical aspiration. Despite medics' best efforts, he died five days later. David had Alzheimer's disease, the most common type of dementia, is was explained at his inquest at Bolton Coroner's Court, which concluded his death was accidental, with the official cause being pneumonitis and aspiration due to ingestion of a chemical substance. Coroner Michael Pemberton said: "This had occurred when he had made a cup of tea at home and put washing detergent into the cup instead of milk after an apparent confusion. He had vomited following the ingestion and it is likely that he aspirated." After the inquest, he wrote a formal warning to the Government and charities in a bid to prevent similar deaths, The Sun reported. He wrote to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Age UK, Dementia UK and the Alzheimer's Society, highlighting safety concerns around the packaging of household cleaning products. This is because the detergent had been stored in a plastic bottle that resembled a milk bottle with an easily accessible screw top, and no features to prevent a child from opening it. In his view, it made it "easily accessible by a person with reduced capacity or dementia, or even a child" with there being a "risk of similar events." In 2022, a woman in the US died after being given dishwashing liquid to drink instead of juice at the American nursing home where she lived. The woman was one of three residents at Atria Park Senior Living Facility in San Mateo, California, who were rushed to hospital after staff mistakenly gave them the toxic liquid, according to KRON-TV. The victim's daughter, Marcia Cutchin, identified her mum Gertrude Elizabeth Murison Maxwell as the victim in the unfortunate incident. She claims the nursing home told her family the liquid given to her mother was an "alkaline cleaning solution that eats protein". Atria Park said in a statement at the time: "We have been working with local authorities, who have informed us that one resident passed away. Our sincerest condolences are with the family."
Scottish Sun
a day ago
- Health
- Scottish Sun
Man with dementia dies after accidentally pouring washing detergent in his cup of tea instead of milk
In a similar case two years ago, a dad-of-five died after mistakenly pouring washing detergent on a bowl of cornflakes instead of milk TRAGIC MISTAKE Man with dementia dies after accidentally pouring washing detergent in his cup of tea instead of milk Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A MAN with dementia died after pouring white-coloured washing detergent into a cup of tea instead of milk in 'an apparent confusion'. David Hayes, 82, from Bolton, accidentally ingested the liquid and was admitted to hospital the next day, on April 16. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 David mistook detergent for milk He had vomited after drinking the tea and is believed to have inhaled the detergent and stomach acid into his lungs causing fatal damage. Doctors diagnosed him with pneumonitis, swelling of the lungs, thought to have been triggered by chemical aspiration. Despite treatment with antibiotics, steroids and pain relief, his condition worsened and he sadly died five days later, on April 21. An inquest held at Bolton Coroner's Court on July 17 concluded his death was accidental. The official cause was pneumonitis and aspiration due to ingestion of a chemical substance. David had Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia which affects memory, thinking skills and other mental abilities. He had previously been discharged from hospital the day before his final admission, following an earlier accidental detergent ingestion. Coroner Michael Pemberton said: 'This had occurred when he had made a cup of tea at home and put washing detergent into the cup instead of milk after an apparent confusion. "He had vomited following the ingestion and it is likely that he aspirated.' Following the inquest, the coroner issued a formal warning to the Government and major charities, urging action to prevent similar deaths. Easy, everyday ways to prevent dementia He wrote to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Age UK, Dementia UK and the Alzheimer's Society, highlighting safety concerns around the packaging of household cleaning products. He said the detergent had been stored in a plastic bottle that resembled a milk carton, with a screw top and no childproof features. This, he said, made it 'easily accessible by a person with reduced capacity or dementia, or even a child'. While the liquid was classed as low toxicity, it still caused vomiting and aspiration in Mr Hayes, ultimately leading to his death. The corner said there was "a risk of similar events". He said this was because "the colouring of the liquid is similar to items which a person suffering from an infirmity such as dementia may get confused - here milk". He also warned that "public knowledge of these risks is not likely to be at a level where households in which vulnerable adults reside are aware of the need to safeguard detergents and make them less accessible." In a similar case two years ago, a dad-of-five died after mistakenly pouring washing detergent on a bowl of cornflakes instead of milk. Tom McDonald died in March 2023. He had been diagnosed with dementia five years earlier. Is it ageing or dementia? Dementia - the most common form of which is Alzheimer's - comes on slowly over time. As the disease progresses, symptoms can become more severe. But at the beginning, the symptoms can be subtle or mistaken for normal memory issues related to ageing. The US National Institute on Aging gives some examples of what is considered normal forgetfulness in old age, and dementia disease. You can refer to these above. For example, it is normal for an ageing person to forget which word to use from time-to-time, but difficulting having conversation would be more indicative of dementia. Katie Puckering, Head of Alzheimer's Research UK's Information Services team, previously told The Sun: 'We quite commonly as humans put our car keys somewhere out of the ordinary and it takes longer for us to find them. 'As you get older, it takes longer for you to recall, or you really have to think; What was I doing? Where was I? What distracted me? Was it that I had to let the dog out? And then you find the keys by the back door. 'That process of retrieving the information is just a bit slower in people as they age. 'In dementia, someone may not be able to recall that information and what they did when they came into the house. 'What may also happen is they might put it somewhere it really doesn't belong. For example, rather than putting the milk back in the fridge, they put the kettle in the fridge.'
The Sun
a day ago
- Health
- The Sun
Man with dementia dies after accidentally pouring washing detergent in his cup of tea instead of milk
A MAN with dementia died after pouring white-coloured washing detergent into a cup of tea instead of milk in 'an apparent confusion'. David Hayes, 82, from Bolton, accidentally ingested the liquid and was admitted to hospital the next day, on April 16. 2 He had vomited after drinking the tea and is believed to have inhaled the detergent and stomach acid into his lungs causing fatal damage. Doctors diagnosed him with pneumonitis, swelling of the lungs, thought to have been triggered by chemical aspiration. Despite treatment with antibiotics, steroids and pain relief, his condition worsened and he sadly died five days later, on April 21. An inquest held at Bolton Coroner's Court on July 17 concluded his death was accidental. The official cause was pneumonitis and aspiration due to ingestion of a chemical substance. David had Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia which affects memory, thinking skills and other mental abilities. He had previously been discharged from hospital the day before his final admission, following an earlier accidental detergent ingestion. Coroner Michael Pemberton said: 'This had occurred when he had made a cup of tea at home and put washing detergent into the cup instead of milk after an apparent confusion. "He had vomited following the ingestion and it is likely that he aspirated.' Following the inquest, the coroner issued a formal warning to the Government and major charities, urging action to prevent similar deaths. He wrote to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Age UK, Dementia UK and the Alzheimer's Society, highlighting safety concerns around the packaging of household cleaning products. He said the detergent had been stored in a plastic bottle that resembled a milk carton, with a screw top and no childproof features. This, he said, made it 'easily accessible by a person with reduced capacity or dementia, or even a child'. While the liquid was classed as low toxicity, it still caused vomiting and aspiration in Mr Hayes, ultimately leading to his death. The corner said there was "a risk of similar events". He said this was because "the colouring of the liquid is similar to items which a person suffering from an infirmity such as dementia may get confused - here milk". He also warned that "public knowledge of these risks is not likely to be at a level where households in which vulnerable adults reside are aware of the need to safeguard detergents and make them less accessible." In a similar case two years ago, a dad-of-five died after mistakenly pouring washing detergent on a bowl of cornflakes instead of milk. Tom McDonald died in March 2023. He had been diagnosed with dementia five years earlier. Is it ageing or dementia? Dementia - the most common form of which is Alzheimer's - comes on slowly over time. As the disease progresses, symptoms can become more severe. But at the beginning, the symptoms can be subtle or mistaken for normal memory issues related to ageing. The US National Institute on Aging gives some examples of what is considered normal forgetfulness in old age, and dementia disease. You can refer to these above. For example, it is normal for an ageing person to forget which word to use from time-to-time, but difficulting having conversation would be more indicative of dementia. Katie Puckering, Head of Alzheimer's Research UK's Information Services team, previously told The Sun: 'We quite commonly as humans put our car keys somewhere out of the ordinary and it takes longer for us to find them. 'As you get older, it takes longer for you to recall, or you really have to think; What was I doing? Where was I? What distracted me? Was it that I had to let the dog out? And then you find the keys by the back door. 'That process of retrieving the information is just a bit slower in people as they age. 'In dementia, someone may not be able to recall that information and what they did when they came into the house. 'What may also happen is they might put it somewhere it really doesn't belong. For example, rather than putting the milk back in the fridge, they put the kettle in the fridge.' 2
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Business Standard
18-07-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Reckitt Benckiser sells homecare brands to Advent in $4.8 billion deal
Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc agreed to sell most of its homecare business to private equity firm Advent International for an enterprise value of up to $4.8 billion as the UK consumer goods company focuses on faster-growing operations. Reckitt said it will retain a 30 per cent stake in the business, whose brands include Air Wick air fresheners and Cillit Bang cleaners. The enterprise value includes up to about $1.3 billion of contingent and deferred consideration, the company said Friday. Shares of Reckitt rose as much as 2.3 per cent in early London trading before paring back some of the gains. The stock is up nearly 14 per cent in the past 12 months through Thursday's close. Chief Executive Officer Kris Licht last year announced plans to sell some of Reckitt's non-core homecare brands and review options for its infant formula business. The proposed sale was part of his strategy to streamline Reckitt and focus on faster growing parts of the business, after a difficult few years where consumer goods companies have had to contend with stretched consumer budgets and shoppers trading down to unbranded products. Reckitt's homecare unit was boosted during the pandemic when demand for cleaners and disinfectants soared, but those benefits have diminished. The company now expects faster growth from consumer-health labels like Strepsils lozenges, Durex condoms and Mucinex cold remedies, while retaining better performing home-care brands like Lysol and Dettol. Reckitt expects to pay a special dividend of $2.2 billion to shareholders following the completion of the deal, which is expected by Dec 31. It will also incur one-time costs of about $800 million related to the transaction. Barclays Plc and Citigroup Inc. advised Advent, while Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley were lead financial advisers to Reckitt. The valuation for the businesses being sold is below the initial £6 billion ($8 billion) Reckitt sought when it put the brands up for sale last year, Bloomberg News reported earlier. Potential buyers, which also included Lone Star Funds, pitched valuations in a lower range of £3 billion to £4 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The deal represents a compromised exit of the asset, according to David Hayes and Molly Wylenzek, equity analysts at Jefferies. 'At only a net value of £3 billion it is up to £1 billion lower than many had hoped,' they said in a note. Reckitt's sale process was hit with anxiety around US tariffs, which has cast uncertainty over the the outlook for global businesses with international manufacturing. The deal has been structured so that the greater risk in the current market environment is shared between the two parties, with Reckitt retaining a stake and needing to hit certain milestones to generate the full payout. With a lot resting on a successful execution of a deal for the homecare assets this outcome should still 'be a boost to management's credibility,' according to James Edwardes Jones and Wassachon Udomsilpa, RBC analysts. They said it will enable investors to focus more closely on the core Reckitt business in a note to clients. The deal will be financed with about €2 billion ($2.3 billion) of term loans, denominated in euros and dollars, underwritten by a group of banks and it's expected to be syndicated to institutional investors post summer. In March Reckitt said it expects modest sales growth this year as it reshapes the business — a move it said would deliver a significantly stronger performance starting in 2026. The infant formula unit, created by the $17 billion acquisition of Mead Johnson in 2017, remains a sore point for Reckitt. Licht acknowledged last year that the unit, which has been hit by legal woes in the US, hasn't always been a natural fit in the group.
Daily Telegraph
18-07-2025
- Sport
- Daily Telegraph
Trainer David Hayes makes big Mr Brightside call for spring
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. Hall of Fame training legend David Hayes played the role of doting grandfather in Victoria this week, but took 'careful note' of the champion Mr Brightside and emerged with a hugely positive bounce-back prediction. Hong Kong-based Hayes was in Australia to see family but was enthralled by what he saw when nine-time Group 1 winner Mr Brightside was having a spin at trackwork. Mr Brightside, trained by Hayes' sons Ben, JD and Will, was a flop when venturing to Hong Kong and finishing last in the Group 1 Champions Mile at Sha Tin in April. But Hayes has drawn on what he saw at trackwork this week – as well as his knowledge of legendary former Australian racing champions who have returned Down Under to win big races after failing overseas – to predict big things for Mr Brightside this spring. He thinks anyone who is writing off the soon to be eight-year-old after his Hong Kong disappointment will have egg on their faces. • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! 'Fields Of Omagh travelled to Hong Kong and did no good and came back and won a Cox Plate,' Hayes told Racenet. 'Makybe Diva raced in Japan and didn't win, and she came back even better. 'In more recent times, Antino didn't fire in Hong Kong but then returned to Australia to win a Group 1. 'Docklands didn't go good in Hong Kong, yet then won at Royal Ascot. 'There's a lot of horses this happens to. 'From an overseas trip with a failure, they often bounce back and do very well. 'I'm predicting Mr Brightside will be no exception.' • Hickmott plots challenging path for Melbourne Cup prospect While Hayes trains half a world away in Hong Kong, he always keeps an eagle eye on Mr Brightside. After watching him go through his paces this week, Hayes is certain he is going as well as ever. 'At trackwork today, I took careful note of the boys' champion,' Hayes said. 'I see him at some stage every year and at the same stage of the year this year, I think he is going as well as he has ever been going. 'He will contest weight-for-age races in the spring carnival, but then I think the main goal will be the Champions Stakes (2000m) at the end of the Flemington carnival.' Hayes has also been hugely impressed by War Machine who won the Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap in devastating style during the Queensland winter carnival. He said War Machine is only getting better and it is exciting to see what he could achieve in the spring carnival and beyond. Originally published as Hall Of Fame trainer David Hayes makes big Mr Brightside prediction
