Ushma Patel

Ushma Patel is an elderly woman who lives in Holby.

Biography
On 1 June 2019, Ushma visited Holby City Hospital's emergency department after she began experiencing flu-like symptoms. Charge nurse Jacob Masters and consultant Will Noble treated her and became concerned when she started exhibiting markers of sepsis, but troubleshooter Ciaran Coulson dismissed her condition as a simple viral illness and called for her to discharged. Ushma overheard the argument and decided to discharge herself.

Outside the ambulance station paramedics Iain Dean and Ruby Spark found Ushma collapsed and took her back to the ED for treatment. With Connie Beauchamp's help, Will deduced that Ushma was suffering from encephalitis caused by herpes simplex. Once Ushma was stabilised, her daughters visited her, and Jacob instructed them to ignore her if she claimed that she did not need anything from them. (CAS: Series 33, Episode 37)