I turned up at A&E under my own means was assessed and went through to the main A&E where i had bloods + ECG there was a very long wait due to the amount of people getting seen was told I’d had a heart attack and was told that i had to be admitted because of it. Up there i had further bloods an injection of something and a bucket load of pills.
Walked to AMU with a porter and was seen by a very nice nurse and doctor had more bloods and an ECG told that the troperin levels had risen and they wonted to do yet more tests was sent for a CT scan and then i waited and waited till the doctor came and said at gone 11pm that it was deffently a heart attack and i was going to have to be admitted for sure. So then i waited again and i saw one of the cardiology doctors that explained more than had been all day from anyone.
A short while later i was taken to a bay where i was given a bed next to this lady that all i can describe as a nuisance she kept going on and on i wonted to try to get rest after the day I’d had anyway the following morning there was no way i could stand it any longer when they came to change the beds i said to the health care assistant it was either moving me heart attack or no heart attack there was no way i could spend another minute with this woman in the next bed to me. Anyway someone had come from somewhere to help with one of the other patients and the care assistant arranged for me to move to another bay.
On the monday afternoon i was taken to the cardiac catheterisation lab where i was seen by these two lovely doctors. After having the dye injected they found that i had three blockages which came as no surprise what so ever my cholesterol levels you could put a rocket into space with. He asked if i wonted stenting or bypass surgery i opted for stents due to being near on 4 hours from home.
All was good i was put in a single room after this and hooked up to a heart monitor for several hours where all was good this was taken away during the night.
The next day i had a echo and more bloods all was good there i saw the doctor and the pharmacist and it was said that they would hurry the process up of me being able to get away to get home.
This nurse that i believe was on some sort of power trip came and asked if i wont my medication now or to wait and till she had done her drug rounds on the ward. I said now please as we have around a 4 hour journey home. We cut the holiday short just in case. So she gave this chap his pills so he could go straight away that only lived a mile or two down the road and made me wait for over 2 hours by this time it was around 3.30pm we hit all the traffic of the parents picking the kids up from school and the workers coming out of work.
As a result of this nurses actions I’m refusing any further treatment. The food and this hospital was disgusting they used a company called Serco that do the food in the prisons. Asked for salad and was told we don’t do salad the only fruit they did was canned.
"Care good drs nurse power trip"
About: Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital Norwich NR4 7UY
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