text: A grandfather from England died after doctors allegedly pumped cleaning detergent into his lungs instead of saline, due to an accidental mix-up. 
   
   William Hannah, 68, was taken to Salford Royal Hospital in Sept. 2017 after he was hit by a car. While he was being treated for a head injury and multiple fractures, Hannah developed a lung infection, and his doctor decided to do a saline flush, a common treatment to clear out the sick lung. 
   
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   But according to lawyers for Hannah’s family, which is now suing the hospital, the doctor’s assistant accidentally grabbed cleaning detergent instead of saline. 
   
   “During the procedure the doctor found there was no saline solution in the equipment trolley and so asked a healthcare assistant to pass this to him. However, the assistant became confused and instead of providing the doctor with the requested saline, accidentally handed him an unlabelled bottle containing detergent that they had prepared for cleaning equipment. The doctor then unknowingly used the cleaning solution to wash-out William’s lung,” the Hannah family lawyers said in a press release shared with PEOPLE. 
   
   The doctor realized the error when he went to clean the surgical equipment following the procedure, and asked for the cleaning detergent. He tried to get as much of the detergent out of Hannah’s lungs as possible, but according to the lawyers his condition worsened from there, and he died the next day. 
   
   The exact cause of Hannah’s death will be part of a larger inquiry next year, but the Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust has already conducted an internal investigation. 
   
   “The review of Mr. Hannah’s care at Salford Royal highlighted that he did not receive the high standard of care we always pride ourselves on delivering and we apologize unreservedly to his family for this,” Dr. Pete Turkington, the Trust’s medical director, tells PEOPLE in a statement. “We have since introduced new measures to ensure something like this will not happen again.” 
   
   “We once again offer our deepest sympathies to William Hannah’s family for the loss of their much loved family member.” 
   
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   Turkington said the Trust has worked with the Hannah family throughout the investigation and has held several meetings — but Hannah’s daughter Lisa said not enough has been done. 
   
   “Unfortunately, we do not feel that the Trust has treated us with the compassion and respect we would have expected during the course of the investigation. This has added to the distress and upset we as a family have experienced during such a difficult time,” she said in a statement. “Our dad didn’t deserve to have this happen to him and that’s why we are trying to ensure that no other families suffer as we have. It took an inordinate amount of resilience and time to receive answers from the hospital and we do not want any other family to have to work so hard in future.” 
   
   The Hannah family is suing “to hold the hospital trust to account and to ensure lessons are learned,” and hearings will begin in Feb. 2019. ||||| Image copyright Family handout Image caption Salford Royal Hospital have apologised to the family of grandfather William Hannah (left) 
   
   A seriously ill grandfather had his lungs accidentally washed out with cleaning detergent at an NHS hospital, a report has revealed. 
   
   William Hannah, 68, of Bolton, died the day after the botched procedure, though it is not yet known if it contributed to his death in September 2017. 
   
   He was being treated at Salford Royal Hospital after being hit by a car. 
   
   The hospital said Mr Hannah "did not receive the high standard of care we pride ourselves on delivering". 
   
   Mr Hannah's family have instructed lawyers ahead of an inquest into his death at Bolton Coroner's Court in February. 
   
   His daughter Lisa, 44, said: "This is supposed to be an outstanding hospital but this was an appalling and unbelievable mistake. 
   
   "Our dad didn't deserve to have this happen to him and that's why we are trying to ensure that no other families suffer as we have." 
   
   After suffering a traumatic brain injury and multiple fractures in the car accident, Mr Hannah was moved to the critical care unit and placed on a ventilator. 
   
   Image copyright Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Image caption Due to a communication error Lancer neutral detergent solution (middle) was used instead of the usual Endozime AW (left) 
   
   When a doctor tried to improve his breathing he was mistakenly handed a bottle containing detergent mixture to wash out Mr Hannah's lungs. 
   
   According to an internal investigation report by Salford Royal Hospital, a second, "thorough washout of the right lung" was carried out when the error was realised. 
   
   The serious incident report by Salford NHS bosses concluded multiple factors led to the mistake. 
   
   "These factors include - un-stocked trolley; distraction by other life critical tasks; lack of clear two-way communication; no labelling of bottle; inadequate staff training and lack of... risk assessment," it said. 
   
   The report also noted that "the clinical impact of the errors on the patient is unknown at this point". 
   
   Dr Pete Turkington, medical director from Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, said a "comprehensive investigation" into Mr Hannah's care found that "he did not receive the high standard of care we always pride ourselves on delivering". 
   
   He said the trust had apologised and had "introduced new measures to ensure something like this will not happen again."
target: – A UK hospital made an "appalling" error right before a 68-year-old died there, says his daughter, and now she and her family are suing the hospital for it. William Hannah passed away in September 2017 at Salford Royal Hospital while being treated after a car accident that had left him with several broken bones and serious head injuries, the BBC reports. Hannah also developed a lung infection, and it was while trying to ease his breathing that hospital staff made the mistake that has spurred the Hannah family's complaint. Per a release from their lawyers, a doctor went to flush out one of Hannah's lungs with saline solution, but an assistant accidentally passed him a bottle of cleaning detergent instead, which the doctor then "unknowingly" used to rinse Hannah's lung, People reports. The doctor realized the mistake afterward and tried to get as much of the detergent out of Hannah's lung as he could, but Hannah's lawyers say the grandfather's condition deteriorated and he died the next day. In a statement to People, the hospital's medical director acknowledges that Hannah "did not receive the high standard of care we always pride ourselves on." The BBC cites an internal hospital report that found what happened to Hannah was due to various factors, including poor communication and staff training, a container without a label, an equipment cart that wasn't adequately stocked, and "distraction by other life critical tasks." An inquiry into the exact cause of Hannah's death will take place in early 2019. (Glenn Frey's widow says Mount Sinai caused his death.)