My husband was recently admitted through A&E to Garrick ward. The doctor in A&E was rude to us but did agree to admit him onto a 4 bedded ward. He was then moved to a single room the following day, the staff claimed an MRSA infection as the reason for this.
My husband had no catheter bag on so I returned home for one and put it on. His medication was strewn all over bed, he was not washed or changed. Next day my husband was very sleepy and the staff reported he was not eating. I brought some food in and fed him along with my daughter and granddaughter. He still hadn’t been washed and I could smell him. I washed and changed him myself. His stoma bag had not been changed all weekend so I had to change it.
Next day they said he could go home, I got him into wheelchair myself and took him home, where he went straight to bed. The day after he got home I had to call out the community nurses who then told me my husband was at end of life and that day he was given a syringe driver.
Nobody from the ward had warned or prepared me that my husband was at the end of life, he passed away three days after being discharged.
"My husband's treatment"
About: Galloway Community Hospital / Accident & Emergency Galloway Community Hospital Accident & Emergency DG9 7DQ Galloway Community Hospital / Acute Medical (Garrick Ward) Galloway Community Hospital Acute Medical (Garrick Ward) Stranraer DG9 7DQ
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