My partner came into A &E with asperation pneumonia. From then on his treatment was very good. However, although he had full mental capacity, he was in Syringa ward with dementia patients and had no sleep for 4 weeks with their shouting day and night, not conducive to recovery. He was waiting for a PEG for 4 weeks and his anticoagulant was stopped after 2weeks. He then had a heart attacks before the PEG procedure. In his frail state he was sent off to Bart’s late at night and they knew immediately he was too frail to operate and needed palliative care and wanted to send him back the next morning. Whilst at Bart’s, he was not given his nasal feed, no hydration or his medication during the one day he was there and the pain control was inadequate. He died in the early hours of the next day. Why did WXH see fit to move a frail, dying man? He was in pain throughout the journey. That is my question. Was it to make his bed available for the next person? We were told he died peacefully, but I doubt that was true as he was in constant pain the whole
time I was with him at Bart’s and staff seemed oblivious to it. They knew he was too frail to use his call bell and his voice was a whisper. He should never have been sent there in the first place. WXH has a cardiology department, why were they not called instead of him having to
endure a horrific, painful journey whilst having a heart attack.
"Poor practice"
About: Whipps Cross University Hospital Whipps Cross University Hospital London E11 1NR
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