Horrified gran Sarah Stevenson expressed her horror, revealing how three bodies were left on her hospital ward - one for almost eight hours.

The 64-year-old lung patient said that she informed nurses about the first death at 1:10pm; however, the woman was not removed until visiting time when the ward was full of families.

In addition, she told that the two other patients who died on the same day were also left for several hours behind thin curtains on the ward where Mrs. Stevenson was undergoing the treatment for pneumonia.

The three bodies were finally removed in front of distressed families and young children during visiting hours.

"I don't think they showed the patient any dignity in death. My daughter is a nurse so I know bodies are only supposed to stay on wards for a maximum of four to six hours", she expressed.

She also revealed that staff failed to control a male dementia patient who repeatedly came on to her ward to urinate on the curtains around patients' beds.

Hospital Chiefs have extended a “heartfelt” apologize to Sarah, from the Small Heath area of the city, and posited that the wait was caused by delays in bringing equipment to remove the corpse.