My father was admitted with lung congestion caused by a deteriorating heart problem. The initial assessment was very good by altocumulus weekend cover who advised that he would need to be admitted for at a week and then evaluated as to whether or not a proposed valve replacement was viable. However, after one day the ward he was admitted to was talking about discharging him the following day whith total disregard to the level of oxygen saturation (improved but not great) and the state of his heart which had led to his admitssion in the first instance. Also the fact that he is very frail, lives on his own and is 82. We asked for him to be kept in and grudgingly they allowed one extra day but then discharged him anyway without having done the cardiac assessment that was promised and surely necessary. The attitude of the ward sister on ward 2 is absolutely shocking in contrast to many of the other staff who we encountered who were very caring and helpful. I will be making a formal complaint about their attitude as it is letting a potentially good hospital down.They need to go back and be retrained or if they are so unhappy in their work that they come across as totally uncaring, they may be better suited to a different role.
"Totally dysfunctional"
About: Hexham General Hospital Hexham General Hospital Hexham NE46 1QJ
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