POLICE have sent a report to the procurator fiscal into the circumstances surrounding the death of blind hospital patient Graeme Aitken (pictured), who was “dumped” in his front garden in the middle of the night.

Mr Aitken’s widow, Wendy, gave a statement to police in the days following her husband’s death and has also spoken to the fiscal’s office.

Last month, the Press broke the story that Mr Aitken (66), blind and seriously ill, was taken to the Victoria Hospital in the early hours of 14th March but was sent back home to Rosyth at 4.20am, ending up shouting for help.

Mrs Aitken, of Newton Crescent, said she found her distressed husband in the front garden in his housecoat with the ambulance having already departed.

Mr Aitken told his wife he felt like he was dying and was rushed back to the Victoria.

He died the next day and answers have been demanded by Mrs Aitken and politicians about what happened at the hospital that night following the Press story.

As a result of the incident, NHS Fife has announced changes have been made to discharge procedures and a “better system” is now in place.

A police spokesman confirmed, “Police Scotland have submitted a report to the procurator fiscal regarding the circumstances of Graeme Aitken’s death.” The fiscal will now decide if any charges are brought in connection with the incident.

Director of acute services at NHS Fife, Heather Knox, said, “We have spoken to Mrs Aitken directly and arranged to meet with her in her home to fully understand her concerns.

“As a result of this incident, I have reviewed arrangements in A&E to ensure that we have a better system in place so that patients’ relatives are contacted prior to discharge, where necessary.” Mrs Aitken spoke to the Press after meeting a representative of NHS Fife on Tuesday.

She said, “The lady from the health board was here today and she’s taken away the report.

"The next stage is that I’ll be called in for a meeting with the people who were dealing with things.” On the police and fiscal involvement, Mrs Aitken said, “The fiscal did seem quite concerned when I spoke to him and said he’d be investigating it further.” Mrs Aitken was not impressed with changes made since the tragedy to the discharge policy which would appear to be just implementing a common sense approach.

She added, “You would have thought they would have been already contacting relatives before discharging patients. You’d think that’s the kind of thing they get paid for.” Mrs Aitken, still in the dark a month after her husband’s death, said, “I want to go to the meeting to find out exactly just what happened and who is responsible.

"I’ll then have to decide what path I go down after that, to the ombudsman or whoever.” Mrs Aitken confirmed she had not received any apology from NHS Fife over her husband’s treatment.

Meanwhile, MSP Alex Rowley, who has called for a full inquiry into the incident, is awaiting a response from health minister Alex Neil.

Mr Rowley said, “What happened to Graeme Aitken was shocking and is simply not acceptable.

"It’s good that changes are being made by NHS Fife but they still have to provide answers to Mrs Aitken about how this was able to happen in the first place.”