I was taken to Cramlington hospital due to a overdose. The police had taken me but upon arrival they didn't get a nurse. I wasn't even aware of being in hospital until I had been taken into resus. When I asked where my clothes were and where I was at this time I hadn't been aware of also having a fall and banging my head and I had a injury to my foot. I only know what happened next through getting the hospital CCTV footage and upon viewing that it was shocking what I had to watch.
When I went in to the hospital that day I had my clothes on yet in the resus I asked where my clothes were and where I was, one of the nurses said that I hadn't come in in my clothes but I know that I did. The nurse said that they had to take them off because my trousers were wet yet I don't believe that was true. They then said that they were put in a bag in the room and I would get them back, I didn't get them back. I was then told that had been moved by the cleaners. I was dressed in a pair of dirty green things of theirs.
I sustained a fall when the police walked away from me and didn't call for a nurse. Upon arrival I had a injury to my foot. I wasn't offered an X ray on my foot even though they knew about it. I do not feel I was offered the correct care. I was then on a ward and I asked what was happening and I had bruises on my arms and elbows and a nurse said that they were old, but I believe they were from falling in the hospital.
I was in hospital for two days and feel that I was not properly cared for by the police or the hospital. M clothes went missing. I sustained a fall and a bang to my head and a injury to my foot and I'm still waiting for answers to what happened to me. I also asked about if I had been unconscious but have still not received an answer.
I feel that the care I had at this hospital was a disgrace and I believe that the staff I encountered were unhelpful and untrustworthy. A discharge letter wasn't even signed and I refuse to go back there again.
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About: Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital / Emergency Department Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital Emergency Department NE23 6NZ
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