Kane Gorny, 22, begged for something to drink but was refused by staff.
And when police turned up they were turned away by doctors, his mother told an inquest yesterday.
He got dehydrated after medics failed to give him vital hormone medication to control his fluid levels — and died the next day.
As his family held his lifeless body, they were asked by a nurse whether they had "finished" and if she could "bag him up now".
Kane, a keen footballer who suffered a brain tumour the year before, had needed a routine hip replacement after lifesaving steroids he was given weakened his bones. But he rang his mum Rita Cronin from his bed at St George's Hospital in Tooting, South West London, the day after the May 2009 operation.
Mrs Cronin said: "He sounded really, really distressed. He said, 'They won't give me anything to drink'. He also said, 'I've called the police, you'd better get here'." When his mother arrived, she found Kane "confused and angry". He was shouting at staff and had to be restrained. One doctor asked her if he was "coming off booze".
But Mrs Cronin said she realised he had not had the hormone tablets he needed — and told staff that he needed urgent attention.
Instead, Kane was sedated and put into a side ward overnight — and not given his medication.
The next morning Mrs Cronin found him looking "delirious" with a swollen tongue and lips, but was told by staff he was fine.
Eventually she convinced a senior doctor to check on Kane — and he tried to save him. But her son died just an hour later.
His death certificate said he died from "water deficit" and hypernatraemia — a medical term for dehydration.
The inquest at Westminster Coroner's Court was adjourned until Monday.
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