I came into qe a&e between 2-3pm. After a while I was triaged and told to wait in the waiting area. After another long wait I was called in again for bloods and ecg. The 2 nurses who triaged me were not very nice or kind just dome their jobs! I was then told to go back to the waiting room again, which by this time was pretty full. At 11pm a doctor came and told me I was staying but there were no beds. I had to sit in the waiting area all night with no warning this may be the case! A nurse came to me to do another ecg and was so rough with me, she then got angry when she realised I'd already had an ecg done previously to which I explained my heart rate was high. She told me the ecg should have been done at 12 it was now 2am! In the morning I can say only one nurse actually bothered with me and looked after me. She went above & beyond. I had the worst a&e experience of my life. I was finally discharged 24hrs later and at 5pm I received a phone call to ask where I was as a bed was available to me, but I'd already been discharged.
"Nightmare "
About: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Birmingham B15 2WB
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