Lying in an ambulance, drifting in and out of  consciousness, I managed to ask the paramedics where they were taking me. ‘St  George’s Hospital in Tooting,’ came the reply.

If I could have jumped out and made a run for  it, I would have. I was in desperate need, but I think I would rather have put  up with an ambulance ride to the other side of the country.

However, St George’s – where 22-year-old Kane  Gorny died  of dehydration – has been my local hospital for ten years. In  an emergency, I was always going to be taken there.

I had no idea then that a patient had died  from thirst. My fear of the place was born from my own bitter  experiences.

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