Robin Blowes death: Southend Hospital fined over safety breach 2 July 2013 Last updated at 09:24 A hospital has been fined £15,000 after a confused cancer patient fell to his death from a window. Robin Blowes, 69, from Blackmore, fell from a third floor window at Southend University Hospital in July 2010. Southend Crown Court heard Mr Blowes was moved to a side room when he became confused after surgery. He fell through a window fitted with a single restrictor. The hospital admitted this was a breach of health and safety law. The court heard how a security guard had been posted outside Mr Blowes' room to make sure he did not leave the ward. When the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated his death, they found the window fitted with a single angle bracket restrictor. This, the court was told, had been bent to one side, meaning the window opened fully. Entirely preventable The hospital was also ordered to pay £15,000 in costs. An inquest last year heard Mr Blowes had undergone a seven-hour operation to remove his bladder before his death. The inquest jury recorded a narrative verdict that he was in a "confused and delusional state" when he accidentally fell. The death of Mr Blowes followed a similar incident in 2007 when a patient fell from a first-floor window injuring their ankle. After the hearing, Edward Crick, of the HSE, said: "The tragic death of Mr Blowes was entirely preventable. Had a suitable window restrictor been provided, as it should have been by the hospital trust, he would not have been able to defeat it and open the window wide enough to fall out. The hospital is yet to comment on the prosecution.