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Statement of: Janet Rosemary MARTIN-ROGERS

Age if under 18: Over 18 (if over 18 insert ’overl8’) Occupation: Retired

This statement (consisting of .~ page(s) each signed by me) is true to the best of my knowledge and belief and I make it knowing that, if it is tendered in evidence, I shall be liable to prosecution if I have wilfully stated in it anything which I know to be false or do not believe to be true.

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I live at the address known to the Police.

I am the only child of Sheila Rosemary GREGORY born [-~-~)-{~-~-7~-iand William GREGOR Y.

My mother was born just outside of Shaftsbury in Dorset. She was one or" nine children and had an adopted brother. She

had five sisters and three natural brothers. One of her sisters died at the age of 29 years from meningitis and another from cancer.

I believe that Joan may still be alive but I am not sure. The others with the exception of Millicent who died of meningitis, died in

their seventies and eighties.

My parents were married in 1932/1933 and lived in Dorset.

William retired early and he and my mother moved to Weymouth. They then moved to Lee-on-Solent and lived in a

static caravan.

My mother remained in the caravan after my father died and eventually ended up living ati ...................... {~-~-~~-~- ....................

D These were warden assisted flats.

As far as I am aware my mother had an overactive thyroid for which she took tablets all her life. She had some sort of

funny turn when was in her late 20’s, early 30’s and the doctor thought that she had suffered a mild heart attack. I think that

around 30 years later she had a similar type of attack.

My mother was a heavy smoker and smoked around 40 cigarettes a day. She would smoke woodbines and roll ups, as a

result of this she suffered from emphysema for the last 25 years of her life and had inhalers. She stopped smoking around 10

years prior to her death.

My mother had very delicate skin, it would bleed at the slightest knock. Her skin wasn’t always this delicate, I think it

just happened with old age.

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She used to have a lot of bumps and the district nurse would come to her flat to dress the wounds.

In April 1999 my mother fell and broke her hip. She was admitted to Haslar hospital and underwent an operation to pin

it. This operation was carried out under a local anaesthetic because of her breathing problems.

When she returned to the ward and for sometime after she appeared to be very ill. She seemed bloated and she didn’t

recognise me. She was hallucinating. She kept seeing my father.

As she began to recover from the operation she began to return to normal but I don’t think that she seemed to make the

same sort of progress as the other ladies who were in her ward and had had the same operation. These ladies were up and about,

walking with frames.

I think that my mother was in hospital at Haslar for around 4-6 weeks and during that period I visited her on a couple of

occasions.

From Haslar, my mother was moved to the Gosport War Memorial Hospital.

As far as I can remember my mother was always in a ward on her own.

She seemed to be making progress. She recognised me and could hold a conversation. I would visit her on a Tuesday

afternoon and although she couldn’t walk she no longer had a ’far away look’. I didn’t know how long she was going to be in

hospital but she was getting better. She seemed to like it in the hospital. She didn’t complain which surprised me. She had a

strong personality and would make her presence felt. She was quite capable of complaining about the nurses, the food, the noise

~at Haslar but I never heard her moan nor do I remember her complaining about being in pain when she was in the Gosport War

Memorial Hospital.

When I used to visit, she would be sat up and dressed in the day lounge with her legs up. I think that she was eating and

drinking but I don’t know this for sure. I am just assuming that she was.

My mother then had a period when she suffered from diarrhoea, this seemed to go on for a long time. I remember that

she needed a bed pan and I asked the male nurse for one. He told me that they were "serving dinner and that she would have to

wait". My mother couldn’t wait and she soiled herself which upset her a great deal.

Eventually the problem with diarrhoea stopped and she seemed to always be in bed. She appeared to me to be more

absent minded, she didn’t know what day it was or who had been to see her.

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I have been asked if I ever spoke to any member of staff about my mother’s health and condition. I didn’t ask anyone

about my mothers health, no member of staff asked to speak with me and I wasn’t told anything but anyone else in my family.

I didn’t see my mother immediately prior to her death. ! was telephoned by my daughter Pauline who told me that my

mother had died.

I have three children, Pauline, Bruce and Trudi.

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