My wife was admitted at 3am on Saturday 2nd September nd eventually moved to Ward c7 where she was discharged on Friday 8th September. I went to visit at 6pm that night and just before I got to the ward , I received a call on my mobile phone telling me that she was in the Female Discharge Suite waiting for me to take her home . When I got there, she was sat in a hospital gown and her own shoes because due to being admitted in the early hours of the morning she had no day clothes with her and I was expected to take her home dressed like this in the rain. When I complained about my not being informed of her imminent discharge I was told that someone on Ward C7 had tried to contact me, but when I checked my phone for missed calls there were none from the ward . When we got home I checked her meds and found 2 packs of Ciprofloxacin 2mg/ml labelled " for ward use only " which , obviously I cannot administer.I would also like to point out that the main lifts were not very clean as the 1 that I used had sweet wrappers lying around and chewing gum stuck to the floor for at least 2 days . Overall, I think that this is a very sorry state of affairs considering that this is such a modern hospital and I will also be complaining to my local MP about this matter .
"Patient discharge"
About: Royal Blackburn Hospital Royal Blackburn Hospital Blackburn BB2 3HH
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