My Mam was on ward 18 for several weeks with delerium she couldn’t drink herself as she had forgotten how to, every day we visited she had, had nothing to drink and was dehydrated and eventually put on a drip. Mam tried to pull off her underwear after she had dirtied them (waiting too long for staff to put her on toilet) and got it all on hands and in her nails, when we arrived for visiting which was seven hours later she still had it all in nails it’s a disgrace and filthy. When asked them why she had not been cleaned there reply was they didn’t realise that she had done this which is absolute rubbish because she had put her hands on side rails of bed and they where covered in it.
They've got some cheek limiting visiting for a virus when they allow his to happen. Five weeks now and no bath or shower. It’s not fair people should not be treated like this. My heart bleeds for my Mam and all other patients on this ward.
"Patient hygiene"
About: North Tyneside General Hospital North Tyneside General Hospital North Shields NE29 8NH
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