02-02-2018, 10:14 AM
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Shocked!
A family member (93) collapsed one evening last week. The Paramedics decided he needed to go to hospital due to his longstanding heart problems. The family were told that he would be kept overnight for observation.At 2.30 a.m they had a telephone call to tell them that he was ready for discharge and to come and collect him. His son did this (I would have refused, had it been me) and on arrival back at his flat - he lives alone, it was discovered that he still had a cannula in his arm! This was removed the following day by a local nurse.
I had an uncle a few years ago who was also discharged, by ambulance, in the middle of the night.
I know the NHS is in crisis, but this is no way to treat the frail elderly IMO.
02-02-2018, 11:57 AM
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Re: Shocked!
It's awful how they discharge people when my husband had a stroke they discharged him at 10pm didn't tell me until I rang to see how he was next day. He hadn't arrived home the police found him midday wandering along a road miles from home. He had no idea when he left the hospital what his address was so why did they send him home without even getting him a taxi or calling me ?
It seems very strange thing to do..
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