the paramedics who brought me to hospital were fantastic, 120% professional.
its a shame they brought me to this hospital, which i have found to be dirty and the staff who treated me were some of the worst medical staff i have ever experienced.
i was admitted to hospital by a doctor who unfortunately went home. it seemed to me that i had had a heart attack. he said it was unlikely but he would have to rule it out and investigate any other causes. he ordered a chest x-ray, an injection a Trop-t test to be done 12 hrs after the event. the doctor went home and unfortunately i was discharged by a rude consultant. he made insulting remarks saying that i had not had a heart attack therefore he was discharging me, saying that the doctor i had seen before was straight out of med school and that he had 20 years experience and even questioned why i came to the A+E department in the first place. i found his manner disgusting, rude and very offensive. I felt he was arrogant, and he never even asked me how i was feeling or examined me in any way.
to be spoken to in this way by a doctor is outrageous! i was brought in by ambulance, how dare he ask why i chose to come here, i didnt get a choice!
i was refused a second opinion even by a less senior doctor. i was not given any idea what had occured to me at all and they only tested me for a heart attack then discharged me.
after my experiene, i feel sorry for anyone who has no other choice than to go to this hospital. i found it disgusting, the toilets were not cleaned in over 4 hours.
i have been mis diagnosed in this hospital before on one occasion. i had to be brought back in an ambulance 3-4 days after a doctor had told me there was nothing wrong with me in minors. to be seen by a doctor who was very thorough and diagnosed me with feacal inpactation. (a condition which could have led to bowel perforation and possibly lead to death by septesemia).
"paramedics were brilliant, but i was disappointed by the hospital staff i encountered"
About: Royal Bolton Hospital / Cardiology Royal Bolton Hospital Cardiology BL4 0JR Royal Bolton Hospital / General medicine Royal Bolton Hospital General medicine BL4 0JR
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