Staff at hospital which ignored dying man for six hours while nurses posed for calendar shoot

Smiling for the camera, these are staff at the hospital where a dying man was not seen for six hours - posing for a calendar in which they mock waiting times.
Stewart Fleming, 37, was left doubled up in agony despite arriving in casualty with a letter from his GP saying he needed immediate attention.
After he was finally seen on December 15, he rapidly deteriorated. He died two days after Christmas from a viral illness.

Fooling around: But staff might now regret joking about waiting times at the hospital in their charity calendar

Cardiology assistant practitioner Leanne Thomas dressed up as Baywatch's Pamela Anderson
Yesterday, his family questioned the hospital's decision to release the charity calendar.
Mr Fleming's sister-in-law, Lesley Mavin, 39, said that she did not want to criticise efforts to raise money for a good cause.
However, she added: 'Their main job is to be a hospital.'
The calendar was launched at Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham, Kent on December 17, and features doctors and nurses dressed up as stars from Fawlty Towers, Baywatch, Open All Hours and Pirates of the Caribbean.
In one picture a nurse and two medics pose next to a sign that reads: 'Waiting time 26.5 seconds!'. more