Troubled young man not reported missing for hours as hospital's 101 calls went unanswered before tragic death
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA hospital's 101 calls to police to report a depressed man had gone missing went unanswered for hours, an inquest has heard.
Tragically, Piotr Andrzejczak, 25, was found dead in dense woodland nine days after walking out of the emergency department at Royal Oldham Hospital on July 14, last year.
On that day, hospital staff tried to report him missing from 3.45pm using Greater Manchester Police's 101 line, assistant coroner for Manchester North Matthew Cox was told. READ MORE:Body found in search for missing man, 25, last seen at Oldham Hospital The initial call was held for 45 minutes, but this was disconnected when staff saw police officers in the emergency department attending another matter.
When told of the difficulties, the police officers said they would report Piotr missing. But eventually, they told the staff they could not make contact either and advised the nurses to keep trying 101.
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