untoward incident

An NHS (UK) term for any event, incident, occurrence or accident, which could have or did lead to unintended harm, loss or damage to a patient, visitor or member of staff or hospital Trust property.

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For the moment they had been entirely unconscious of their surroundings and now as she looked at their captors she saw that they had fallen again into their almost habitual manner of stolid indifference, and at a gesture from one of them the march was resumed as though no untoward incident had occurred.

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Not that the others contained details which even I would hesitate to recount; it is, rather, the very absence of untoward incident which renders them useless for my present purpose.

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During the whole four days I had not seen the girl, as she evidently kept closely to her room; and during this time no untoward incident had occurred aboard the boat--a fact which seemed to strengthen the web of circumstantial evidence about her.

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The ape-man could not but think of the fate of his little party should some untoward incident arouse even momentarily the rage of fear of a single one of all these thousands.

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Summary: Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Aug 16 (ANI): Maintaining government's claim of peace in Jammu and Kashmir post scrapping of its special status, Shafiq Mir, Chairman of All J& K Panchayat Conference said on Friday that not a single untoward incident was reported from the state in the last 10 days.

Not a single untoward incident has taken place in J&K in last 10 days: Shafiq Mir, Chairman of All J& K Panchayat Conference

RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Police have finalized security arrangements under a comprehensive plan devised for Eid-ul-Azha aimed at averting any untoward incident.

Comprehensive security plan devised for Eid ul Azha

According to a police spokesman, under a comprehensive plan devised on the special directives of City Police Officer, Rawalpindi Muhammad Faisal Rana, tight security arrangements would be made for Eid-ul-Azha aimed at averting any untoward incident.

Rwp district police finalizes security plan for Eid ul Azha: 2254 cops to be deployed

" "Wala man lang kahit single untoward incident na na-report sa'tin," Eleazar said.

SONA 'not just generally peaceful but very peaceful,' NCRPO says

He added that the university had taken precautions to ensure no untoward incident will take place on its grounds, after being alerted to the rumoured mass gathering by students.

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"Maliban sa regular na pagtatanong sa PCG ng China Coast Guard sa kanilang presensya sa area, wala namang untoward incident na nangyari sa loob ng apat na araw (Aside from regularly asking the PCG about their presence in the area, no untoward incident took place during the four-day patrol)," Balilo said.

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DG Rescue was also briefed on the deployment of around 11,130 rescuers at strategic sites to ensure a prompt response to emergencies, disasters, or any other untoward incident.