• Privacy policy
  • T&C’s
  • FAQ
  • Meet the Team
  • About The London Economic
  • Advertise
TLE ONLINE SHOP!
NEWSLETTER
SUPPORT THE LONDON ECONOMIC
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Opinion
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Film
  • Food
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Opinion
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Film
  • Food
  • Lifestyle
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
No Result
View All Result
Home Lifestyle

Waitress saves pensioner who was stuck in bath for FOUR days

What could have been a tragic end of life to an elderly woman, ended positively, after an observant woman noticed her regular customer was missing. Doreen Mann, 87, had been stuck in her bath for four days and only stayed alive by topping up the tub with the hot water tap and drinking out of […]

SWNS by SWNS
October 18, 2016
in Lifestyle

What could have been a tragic end of life to an elderly woman, ended positively, after an observant woman noticed her regular customer was missing.

Doreen Mann, 87, had been stuck in her bath for four days and only stayed alive by topping up the tub with the hot water tap and drinking out of the cold water tap, and a dressing gown to cover her body.

She shouted out for help but nobody heard her, and she doesn’t have any family close by who would drop in to check on her.

Due to her age she simply couldn’t get out of the bath, and she was badly bruised through her failed attempts to drag herself to safety.

timthumb-php-6

Luckily the care and kindness of the waitress at the local café came to her rescue. Waitress Sonia Congrave, 39, called the police after the Doreen didn’t turn up at coffee shop and ice-cream parlour Tomassi’s, in Southend, Essex, where she loves a her weekly treat of a slice of cake.

 Pensioner Doreen, from Southend, Essex, said: “I still can’t believe it happened and thank god I survived.

RelatedPosts

Weather forecast, alerts and UVB index for London, Friday 26 February 2021

Lucky Numbers and Horoscopes for today, 26 February 2021

Had a rough pandemic? It could be worse, you could have got this tattoo in March 2020

Weather forecast, alerts and UVB index for London, Thursday 25 February 2021

“I do not know how I did it. I mean I just couldn’t get out of the bath and I was there from Friday morning until Monday morning.

“The peculiar thing was I always hang my dressing gown on the boiler door but this time I hung it on the door which is right by the bath.

“Because I did I used that as a make shift cover. That is the only thing I had but thank goodness I had that and the towel.

timthumb-php-5

“At the time I thought ‘I have got to keep calm’, but when I look back I just do not know how I did it,

“I just can’t explain it but something inside me made me do it.

“I am lucky I am sitting here. It was frightening in a sense because I didn’t know how long I would be stuck there.”

Mum-of-two Sonia, said: “She is a really strong woman – all she wanted afterwards was her cake and a cup of tea.

“She is a real character, all the staff and customers talk to her.

Doreen added: “Going to Tomassi’s was the best thing I ever did. I started going in there 13 years ago and the staff there are so kind.

“I do not know what I would do without Sonia and the rest of them because it is my second home, they are my second family.”

Tags: featured
Support fearless, free, investigative journalism Support fearless, free, investigative journalism Support fearless, free, investigative journalism

Subscribe to our Newsletter

View our  Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions

Trending fromTLE

  • All
  • trending

What If We Got Rid Of Prisons?

Stress, fear and homelessness: The threat looming over families confronted with eviction

File photo dated 07/11/03 of a prison cell.

The Other Prison Pandemic

Latest from TLE

Undated handout photo issued by Gwent Police of Ruth Williams, whose husband, Anthony, is accused of killing his wife of 44 years during the coronavirus lockdown. PA Photo. Issue date: Tuesday March 31, 2020.

‘Exasperating’ – Campaigners slam decision not to review lockdown killing of woman by husband

‘Not good enough’ – anger over decision not to prioritise teachers for vaccine

Millionaires send plea to governments asking them to ‘tax us’

All for just £1,750! Treated like ‘animals’ and ‘prisoners’ says quarantine hotel traveller

About Us

TheLondonEconomic.com – Open, accessible and accountable news, sport, culture and lifestyle.

Read more

Address

The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE
Company number 09221879
International House,
24 Holborn Viaduct,
London EC1A 2BN,
United Kingdom

Contact

Editorial enquiries, please contact: jack@thelondoneconomic.com

Commercial enquiries, please contact: advertise@thelondoneconomic.com

SUPPORT

We do not charge or put articles behind a paywall. If you can, please show your appreciation for our free content by donating whatever you think is fair to help keep TLE growing and support real, independent, investigative journalism.

DONATE & SUPPORT

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.




No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Opinion
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Film
  • Lifestyle
  • Food
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech & Auto
  • About The London Economic
  • Meet the Team
  • Privacy policy

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.