that's dreadful Aims, and I hope your friend can be operated on and makes a full and swift recovery 

Blimey Aimes ... fingers crossed that she is okay - the recriminations can come later

Oh dear Aimee.... your poor friend I hope it all turns out Ok for her.... and like Rexi says, all the other stuff can wait.

She has only just got over the mess they made of her the last time  her stomach is a right mess and now they have to open her up again, if i told you the whole story of what she went through while in there it would make your hair curl 

 

They eventually took out her burst appendix after 3 cancelled operations and tried to discharge her 3 hrs later 

Good grief

I hope that it all works out well for your friend Aimee Some hospitals are awful!

Me too  she's so scared of going back in there 

 I am not surprised....poor girl must be terrified....

That's shocking . TBH - the thought of being taken ill and hospitalised for me or any one of my family scares the life out of me. You hear such awful things - scary .

 

I hope your friend gets sorted soon and that she makes a full recovery aimee!

Ditto Soozy......

Shocking ! I do wish her well .

Hope all goes well for her this time Aimee

Bloody awful. 

 

If I was her I would insist that I was treated at another hospital. Is her GP helpful?

That's absolutely shocking she should definitely launch a complaint, and request a different hospital. I really hope she's going to make a full recovery all you can do is be there for her x

That's awful, Aimee. Is there another hospital she could go to instead?

I wish her well.

I have no idea if she could have gone to another hospital but seeing as they know she has already logged a complaint against them she is hoping she will be treated better this time

 

Her brother has also written to them as well, he was with her when they took her down to remove her appendix and was told to go home and they would ring him when she was back on the ward, he never got the call so he rang them only to find they had brought her back again as they didn't have enough staff to do the operation and that she had been left in a room on her own for the last few hours 

 

They are even trying to say that she didn't arrive at the hospital until the day after the appendix burst even though she arrived by ambulance 

Dreadful story. I hope your friend receives the treatment she needs.

There is a story rather like this one in the  current Private Eye.

Thats awful Aimee !!! Poor thing, i hope she recovers well then puts in an official complaint, and see her MP too . 

 

Your friend has every right to go to another hospital..   its called Patient Choice (she needs to quote those two words to her GP).    Her GP will then tap on their pooter and give her at least one other hospital she can choose to go to.

 

In the meantime, I suggest she gets in touch with the PALS officers at the hospital (Patient Advocacy & Liason Services) so at least she has someone on her side, in front of her, fighting for the best treatment for her, when she goes back (though personally... I wouldn't go back to that hospital).

 

I refuse to go to my local hospital..    I wouldn't put my cat in my local hospital..   I always exercise my right to choose & go to the hospital in the neighbouring county.    (which is fab)l

My fear of all things hospital comes from working in one... and being all too familiar with stories like this (the one I used to work in, is the one I refuse to go to)

I'll pass on your advice Ditty, thanks 

OMG in addition to the physical problems this has caused, this will also have traumatised her mentally.

 

I agree that she should insist on being treated at another hospital. Don't let the hospital fob her off - this is a tried and tested trick by them in the hope that the matter will be allowed to drop - even though she is poorly now, she must not let her bad treatment go unpunished.

 

I hope she gets better treatment soon 

Tell her to book an appointment with her GP ASAP to discuss everything that has happened... and is going to happen Aims... 

 

Her GP is her best bet right now 

Her GP is the person that will sort out being treated at another hospital...   the hospitals can't do that.