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A hospital has apologised for its failings after one of its patients

jumped to her death.

Lady Fiona Baker, 57, threw herself off the roof of a building at

Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, in April.

 

About 90 minutes earlier she had asked a doctor for directions to a

tall building from which she could jump.

 

On Monday, a hospital spokeswoman apologised to Lady Baker's husband -

Cambridge University law professor Sir John Baker, for mistakes

made.

 

She said: " We would like to offer our deepest and sincerest apologies

to the family for the failings in her care prior to her death.

 

Multiple injuries

 

" Although this in no way compensates the family for their loss, we

hope they are reassured that we have carried out a full internal

investigation into the events leading up to Lady Baker's death to

identify failings on our part and are currently addressing these. "

 

The opening of an inquest into Lady Baker's death, which was

adjourned, heard she was being treated for delusions and

hallucinations as a result of alcohol withdrawal.

 

A doctor said Lady Baker had asked if she could be directed to a tall

building so she could jump off.

 

Suicide fax lost

 

Around 90 minutes later she was found with multiple injuries at the

foot of a hospital building.

 

The hospital said an investigation into the events leading up to Lady

Baker's death had identified a number of failings.

 

A fax from a GP warning that Lady Baker was feeling suicidal had been

lost. Staff had forgotten to give her a dose of medication and had

failed to act after Lady Baker had asked for directions to a tall

building.

 

The inquest had heard the doctor she spoke to had advised staff not

to let her leave the ward and to allocate a nurse to stay with her.