RUH patient treated in storage area
A former councillor has voiced concerns over a lack of beds after she was treated in a temporary storage area at the Royal United Hospital.
Carol Paradise claims she had to move beds five times and ended up in a room surrounded by desks and filling cabinets when she went in for a gallbladder operation.
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Mrs Paradise, 70, said: "I was moved from pillar to post as there was such a severe lack of beds.
"Every time I moved, all my notes had to be moved, and my family never knew where I would be when they visited.
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"The nurses were fantastic, and I can't fault them, but they were literally having to play chess with sick people.
"They were frantic, trying to do their own jobs and juggle beds.
"People were being sent to other hospitals as there was no bed for them at the RUH."
The RUH said that no beds have been closed this year, and that patients are not being sent to other hospitals unless there was a medical need for such a transfer.
A spokesman said: "During her stay Mrs Paradise was moved to a four-bedded bay on Charlotte Ward which is opened during extremely busy periods and closed during quiet times.
"During quiet periods this bay has been used for storage. We have not closed any beds this financial year, and have actually increased the number of beds.
"No patients have been sent to other hospitals other than those who required specialist services provided at tertiary centres.
"We are sorry to hear that Ms Paradise is unhappy with the treatment she received and would encourage her to contact our patient advice and liaison team to discuss the issue."
Comments
by jezer
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 8:02PM
“This sounds like a local management problem. Heads should roll.”
by rogerh3
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 9:31AM
“This is the hospital that intends to absorb the Min.”
by city_ferret
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 6:31AM
“It's a shame that Mrs Paradise felt the need to contact the press before contacting the hospital. However, it's a sad fact of life at the RUH. They don't have enough beds because they have closed so many medical and surgical wards in the recent past erroneously believing that there wasn't the need for them based on proposed occupancy. It seems comical that the management agreed to this despite the fact that they have always had a bed supply problem. Surely that doesn't make good sense let alone logic. Yet these same fools are wanting to become a foundation hospital trust when they can't even see the wood for the trees. It doesn't bode well. Not long now til they will be asking the gullible public to open their purses for Ted's Big Day Out.... will you be fooled?”
by A_sadNurse
Monday, October 08 2012, 4:51PM
“I'm sure if The Chronical would try they would find hundreds of patients that feel the same and have been in the same position! Rules ARE broken! Wards & Units are opened as overflow which shouldn't! Beds might not have been closed this year but the RUH is still suffering from the closure last year! And all this so the RUH can become a foundation hospital!”