Nurses at Stoke Mandeville Hospital reportedly told young patients to pretend to be asleep to avoid sexual abuse from Jimmy Savile. It has been claimed that Savile looked for children to abuse when he made his round of the wards at the Buckinghamshire hospital. Former patient Rebecca Owen told BBC News: "It was an air of resignation that you had to put up with. "There was some sort of ironic chatter between the nurses about who would be the lucky one to go off to his room. "And then, as one of the nurses was leaving or passing by my bed, she leant over and said, 'The best you can do is stay in bed until he's gone and pretend to be asleep'." It is claimed that Savile would take under-age patients to a private room he had at the hospital. A statement from the trust read: "We are...
- 10/11/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
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