My father developed severe sepsis and was taken to Wishaw General by paramedics Alistair and Victoria. Their prompt care gave my father a fighting chance.
On arrival in A&E he was cared for by an outstanding group of medical and nursing staff. Dr James Woods and the consultant Tariq. My dad was in the resuscitation room for several hours whilst they stabilized him and was expertly looked after by Staff Nurse Lauren with input from many others to numerous to mention.
Dr Tom French saw him in the resus room before he moved to MHDU and had the necessary but extremely difficult conversation with my brother and I I regards to what we wanted as a family in the event my father did not respond to treatment. Dr French was extremely kind and supportive at this difficult time.
In MHDU he continued to have outstanding care by SCN Miller and her team. All the staff including the new student nurse were caring,compassionate and kind. Offering cups of tea and kind words I also witnessed the compassion they showed to other families who were with loved ones.
The open visiting was a godsend as my brother works in St Andrews and I work shifts. My father has 4 grandaughters so we set up a group chat on our phones so that we could all visit for short periods without all being there at the same time. Open visiting allowed this to happen.
My father is now in ward 7 where he continues to receiving outstanding nursing care. Kirsty who has recently just qualified along with CSW Ann and Liam who has been on night duty.
All the staff have been excellent.
"Extremely kind and supportive at this difficult time."
About: University Hospital Wishaw / General Medicine (Wards 5 & 8) University Hospital Wishaw General Medicine (Wards 5 & 8) ML2 0DP
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