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Elderly Woman Found Dead Days Later in Nursing Home: 'We Had to Say Goodbye in a Closed Casket'

De Telegraaf17 September · 05:306 days ago

A 69-year-old woman named Esther lay dead in her Sliedrecht nursing home room for at least five days last year before being discovered. Care staff reported not seeing her for twelve consecutive days without checking on her. Her family stated they had to say goodbye to her in a closed casket due to the delay in finding her body.

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