Ex-soldier dies after spending 54 years in the same hospitalA war veteran who was the oldest patient in the United Kingdom died after spending 56 years in the care Of the NHS.
James Morris was admitted to the hospital with a broken leg in 1962, aged 21, after breaking his thigh bone, but he never went home .
He suffered a cardiac arrest in the operating table to repair the damage and was left in the vegetative state for the rest of his life.
Doctors took him to the Wester Moffat Hospital, near Glasgow, where he spent the next 54 years - with two years in other hospitals.
Left completely deactivated and only able to pronounce his three favorite words, he died last month, aged 75, after more than five decades.
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Brother Karl, 62, of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, was surprised when a doctor suggested that he had spent the longest in a single hospital on the whole Of the NHS.
He said: "Over the years we have found a way to communicate with him. He was all over there mentally but could not communicate with us at all.
"He never learned to repeat three words - his three loves -" home "," pub "and" horses ".
"We often took him on vacation to Britain and the hospital knew how much he liked the pub, so they would take it now."
James joined the army in 1959 and sat in Germany as part of the Scottish rifle regiment, Cameroonians.
Three years later, he was injured in a car crash after the fall of the Jeep that he flew on his side after hitting a tree.
James Morris was admitted to the hospital with a broken leg in 1962, aged 21, after breaking his thigh bone - but he never went home (Photo before operation at the hospital in 1962)
Despite no longer breaking his nose and a thigh bone in the initial crash, he had suffered Irreparable damage by the time he was returned to Scotland.
A repair operation of the latter was horribly wrong, causing some of his brain to close. He has never learned to say three words again - his three loves - "house", "pub" and "horses"
He Was moved to the Wester Moffat Hospital, headed by NHS Lanarkshire, where he stayed for a potentially recent period of 54 years.
Helen Ryan, responsible nurse at the hospital, said: "Our condolences are with Jimmy's family right now.
"Having gone so extraordinary at the hospital, Jimmy touched the lives of many; He has been a good confidant and a great character and will be deeply missed by all Heather Ward members.
Karl praised the staff of West Moffat Hospital where his brother was cared for over five decades.
He said: "Everyone at the hospital was outstanding, taking care of a man throughout Of his life is quite something and we could not be more grateful to the NHS.
"This was a place for disabled youth and over the years, I have seen countless patients and staff come and go.
"We made sure that he came out over the years to live the possible life and even until the end of the week before his death we brought him At home to visit.
"When my mother died, we continued to do what she did and visited the hospital regularly.
"He was mentally all There was no more control over his body, so we took him on vacation and the hospital knew how much it was" The staff was amazing And because James was a mad lover of Elvis, they even organized special evenings he enjoyed. "
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Charles and Mary, both of whom have passed the early ages and her sisters Bridie and Rose now gone, Karl praised Rose's daughter for visiting James as often as # 39 It did.
Karl is now determined to discover the truth of his late brother Accident in Germany by digging into the Cameroonian archived material.
He said, "My father died at 41, so my mother raised us alone and always visited James and when she died, my sisters and I took over.
"I am discovering the true story, What we know is that it did not sleep for 24 hours.
"James was driving and we did not know whether he was asleep or not, but his jeep was against a tree on his side and he had been found with a broken nose and a femur.
"I do not know why, but when he went to operate his femur, he had a cardiac arrest and lived the rest of his life at the hospital.
"Much because of his age, he recently developed throat problems that could not eat or drink and, over the past ten months, he has deteriorated D.
"I can not imagine that anyone has ever lived so long in an NHS hospital, which is a remarkable reflection on Wester Moffat and NHS Lanarkshire."
NHS spokesman said they were not aware that someone had spent more than 54 years in an NHS hospital.
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James Morris was admitted to the hospital with a broken leg in 1962, aged 21, after breaking his thigh bone - but he never went home (Photo before operation at the hospital in 1962) 
His brother Karl (pictured), 62, of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, was surprised when a doctor suggested that he had spent the longest in a single hospital on the set Of the NHS 
Despite only breaking his nose and a thigh bone in the initial crash, he suffered irreparable damage the moment he was sent back to Scotland (photo to the hospital when # 39, he went home in 1962) 
Karl praised the staff of the West Moffat Hospital where his brother was taken care of for over five decades (photo, drawing of James and Karl before the 39 
A nurse at the hospital said that Jimmy was a "great person" who "touched the lives of many" and will be "really missed" (photo - James Morris's 1960 Driver's License ) 
Karl is now determined to discover the truth about the accident of his deceased in Germany by digging into the Cameroonian archived material (photo - ID of James Morris Army of 1959) 
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