An NHS worker who was spared jail after using a dead Covid patient's bank card to buy crisps, sweets and fizzy drinks from a hospital vending machine has refused to apologise. Healthcare assistant Ayesha Basharat, 23, used the 83-year-old woman's card just 17 minutes after she died at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital on January 24. She used the contactless touch pad on a vending machine in the hospital to make six £1 purchases. Basharat, from Farm Road, Birmingham initially claimed she found it on the floor and got it 'muddled up' with her own card when paying. According to reports, Basharat refused to apologise to the pensioner's family when confronted at her home in Sparkhill.

Source: Daily Mail June 12, 2021 13:31 UTC