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"My husband's treatment at Bedford Hospital"

About: Bedford Hospital South Wing / Older people's healthcare Bedford Hospital South Wing / Vascular surgery

(as a relative),

My husband, absolutely appalling treatment in Bedford Hospital.

Not only did he lose six or seven stone through not being fed properly. His treatment was appalling I have dozens of photographs showing the bruises made by the orderly, when nurses tore off plasters and other incidents.

He went into Bedford North to recuperate and come home. Three days later he was readmitted into "killgrim ward". Two months later after catching infections he had an above knee amputation.

When I complained to them and also to the ombudsman they said I wasn't telling the truth, despite the photos and dictaphone messages. I believe the hospital lied to the ombudsman even to the point that their death certificate says one thing and they say it is impossible.

The food at the hospital is a disgrace. They didn't make up special nutritional drinks that I had taken in or warm up soup.

I will never forgive this hospital nor staff nor the disgraceful food nor anything about the hospital for the death of my husband in such appalling circumstances. My photos of a pool of blood were just considered to be slight seepage. Enormous bruises and I mean enormous were considered to be delicate skin, ripping off plasters and taking skin and hair off with it, seemed to be par for the course. Filthy dirty cannulas shown in a photograph, just my imagination.

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