"My 3 nights in a corridor"

After becoming ill Christmas eve, which I thought to be the normal flu, I put off going near the Daisy Hill hospital, due to knowing the waiting times and pressures that does be on them especially at this time of year.

By the Friday I knew I had no other option but to go as I was becoming worse. I was admitted, seen a doctor Friday lunchtime, given a chair in hallway down from coffee dock and told I'd be given a bed from there. 3 nights spent in that hallway, which can only be described as shameful, both for myself and other patients there, most who were far too sick to be even in that hallway never mind on a recliner chair.

Monday morning was the next time I was seen by a doctor, nurses over that weekend couldn't give me any information as to test/blood results. No where to shower, apart from toilet and sink in bathroom at the shop and short stay unit.

Thankfully I got home Monday afternoon on meds to complete. But what about all those other people, both old and young lying in a corridor where all dignity is thrown out the window. The staff are worked to the bone and stretched beyond being stretched anymore. It's horrendous.