Image shows victim Waltraud B., 93, undated photo. She died after a nurse forgot a drying hood on her head in a nursing home in the town of Schwedt/Oder in Brandenburg, in northeastern Germany on Aug. 14, 2022. Note: Private photo. (Newsflash)
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17 November 2022
A 93-year-old woman with dementia died from horrific burns after a care home worker put her under a hairdryer and forgot about her, police have been told in Germany. The victim - named only as Waltraud B. in local media - had just had her washed at the care home in the town of Schwedt...