1/5 Tom F. 8 years ago on Google
My
wife
recently
had
a
full
hip
replacement
and
was
sent
to
the
step
down
facility
at
M-Care
in
Newlands.
She
arrived
at
about
2pm
and
was
given
a
bed
with
no
duvet
or
blanket
and
left
to
her
own
devices.
The
bathroom
door
had
a
spring
loaded
hinge
which
made
opening
the
door
whilst
on
crutches
difficult
and
was
compounded
by
the
fact
that
when
leaving
the
bathroom
the
door
automatically
closed
hard
on
her
operated
side.
The
toilet
raiser
was
also
far
too
high.
At
approximately
3pm
a
Doctor
arrived
and
checked
her
blood
pressure
then
left.
At
5:30pm
she
was
provided
with
supper.
At
9:45pm
she
repeatedly
pressed
the
bell
with
no
response.
At
11:15pm
she
walked
to
the
nurses
station
and
requested
a
duvet
and
for
the
manually
operated
bed
to
recline
so
she
could
sleep
as
well
as
to
be
shown
how
to
switch
the
air
conditioner
off.
The
nurse
on
duty
said
she
would
follow
her
but
did
not.
Around
midnight
she
again
walked
to
the
nurses
station
requesting
assistance
from
the
same
person
on
duty
and
was
told
she
would
send
someone.
Nobody
came
to
the
room.
At
2am
a
nurse
arrived
and
informed
her
that
she
had
gone
to
almost
every
bed
on
the
floor
looking
for
the
patient
requiring
assistance
as
the
bell
indicated
bed
130
and
she
was
in
bed
82.
She
switched
the
air
conditioner
off,
lowered
the
bed
and
advised
there
was
no
duvet
available.
She
requested
a
blanket
and
one
was
found
which
was
rather
thin
so
she
requested
a
second
one
to
be
told
there
weren’t
any
more.
At
4am
blood
pressure
was
taken.
At
8:30
someone
advised
that
breakfast
would
be
served
in
Room
15
or
in
the
ward.
Diane
opted
for
the
ward.
At
this
point
she
phoned
me
say
that
she
wanted
to
leave
immediately.
Up
to
this
point
she
had
received
no
medication
and
when
she
queried
this
she
was
told
there
was
no
script.
When
the
other
patient
in
the
room
requested
her
medication
she
was
told
her
script
had
been
lost.
The
other
patient
then
discharged
herself.
My
wife
then
told
the
nurse
who
came
into
the
room
at
about
9am
that
she
wanted
to
go
home.
the
nurse
then
brought
Sister
in
charge
to
the
room
who
wanted
to
know
the
reason
why.
This
person
then
said
that
she
needed
to
understand
that
this
hospital
was
originally
not
designed
as
a
hospital
for
that
reason
could
do
nothing
about
the
bathroom.
Diane
asked
that
the
toilet
raiser
be
adjusted
and
as
the
other
disgruntled
patient
had
already
had
herself
discharged
it
could
be
an
idea
to
do
something
to
keep
the
door
open
at
all
times.
At
this
point
she
also
asked
if
someone
could
show
her
how
to
get
into
and
out
of
the
shower
as
it
was
a
regular
shower
with
a
ledge
she
would
have
to
step
over.
The
sister
advised
that
she
may
not
use
the
shower
alone
–
this
was
the
first
time
she
learned
that
a
carer
would
assist.
A
lovely
carer
assisted
with
showering.
Surely
she
should
have
been
advised
about
showering
shortly
after
admission?
Maintenance
then
arrived
and
the
toilet
issue
was
resolved.
As
the
bathroom
door
was
a
stable
door
he
was
able
to
tie
the
top
portion
with
string
to
the
toilet
window
to
minimise
the
closing
impact
leaving
her
open
to
the
rest
of
the
ward.
During
this
time
her
prescription
was
“found”
and
her
medication
obtained.
I
arrived
hereafter
and
spoke
to
the
administrator
together
with
my
wife
and
she
convinced
us
that
it
would
be
in
my
wife's
best
interest
to
stay
and
have
the
two
physiotherapy
sessions
each
day
and
monitor
her
blood
pressure.
I
stayed
with
Diane
and
at
2pm
we
walked
to
the
nurses
station
to
enquire
what
time
her
physiotherapy
session
was
scheduled.
The
Sister
looked
across
at
the
white
board
and
said
she
was
shocked
that
no
physiotherapist
had
been
assigned.
She
hurriedly
arranged
a
physiotherapy
session.
At
this
point
we
both
had
lost
faith
in
the
Newlands
Hospital
and
my
wife
discharged
herself.
An
absolutely
horrendous
experience.
I
would
not
recommend
it
to
anybody..
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