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Hospital patient caused almost £50,000 damage after smoking while using oxygen mask

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A hospital patient caused almost £50,000 of damage after smoking a cigarette from his bed while wearing an oxygen mask. Lee Williams, 44, sparked a mass evacuation at the largest hospital in Wales after ignoring repeat warnings not to smoke in bed.

Dozens of sick people had to be evacuated as the fire sent thick smoke through the ward at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff.

Cardiff Crown Court heard the extensive damage meant the ward was forced to close for two weeks, 38 patients had to be moved, and medical staff had to receive treatment due to smoke inhalation and shock.

Andrew Kendall, prosecuting, said in May 2019, Williams was an inpatient at UHW and had been for around two weeks before the incident.

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