"Discharged a week early"

My Husband Was admitted to Ward 106 of the ERI 3 times in 3 months, on each occasion there were issues that needed addressed, however on the last occasion that he was admitted things that were unforgivable : he was admitted in January 2021 with a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis, this was following gall bladder surgery in the same ward in December of 2020.

On first February 2020, a nurse advised the patients in his Bay that someone had tested positive for Covid 19

I was advised this can happen because if you are Asymptomatic when you are admitted to hospital, you can be sent to a ward while awaiting  your swab result.

Consequently the bay was placed into isolation.

Not for long it would seem as 2 patients from the bay were discharged to go home within 48hrs and advised to isolate at home., clearly not the smartest thing to do

My husband was consequently alone in isolation for in the bay prior to being moved into a single room to further isolate, i had been advised that his isolation period would end after two weeks.

While i can appreciate that the current situation due to the pandemic is very difficult, common sense should always prevail.

My Husband was having difficulty with pain relief, particularly as he feared morphine, i did communicate this to the staff member who was very helpful and saw to it that his pain relief was changed.

keeping regular  communication with my husband it was more than clear he was very unwell, he wasn't eating, was very breathless and was having difficulty maintaining his personal hygiene on a daily basis.

To say the least i was dismayed when i was advised that he was to be discharged a week early.

He may well have been considered clinically fit, but he was far from physically fit.

When i had gone to the hospital to take him home, due to the fact that his physical frailty had not been communicated to the relative people by those treating him on a daily basis is beyond belief.

When my husband was leaving the ward he was barely able to walk to the chair immediately outside.

I had to go back to the ward to ask for a wheelchair to get him downstairs.

When i got him home, his condition was clearly deteriorating, he literally could not eat anything, his breathing was proving laboured, was unsteady on his feet and he even got to the point where he was unable to dress himself.

All of this came to a head one evening this week when due to the balance issues he had from being admitted to ward 106 resulted in him falling down some stairs, thankfully the injuries he received were not life threatening, but i was was more than unhappy to discover he has now tested positive for covid.

This could only have resulted from the covid contact he acquired in the ward

His 2 Main fears were Morphine, as mentioned before, this was addressed and his second fear was Covid, so much so that he has literally kept himself locked away at home since March 2020.

Only leaving home to attend hospital, clinics or the GP