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Originally Posted by BERNADETTE
It seems that this idea is failing even more than was first thought, apparently A&E was closed for three hours on Monday night and patients were diverted to other hospitals. One man was taken twenty eight miles away and even though he was discharged they had to find him a bed because there was no patient transport available and he had no money to get home. Not a very good omen for the winter months!!!
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Just an aside....my mother in law who is 82 years young and is registered partialy sighted was given an appointment at 6 tonight at RBH.
There was no patient transport at that time and she was advised to get a taxi to attend her appointment.
Luckily my daughter was on hand to take her, I take pity on the poor souls, living alone who are thrown to the wolves and are forced to make their way home at that time of night.
Partialy sighted means ' can't see' and at 82 I think I'ts a nonsense to expect them to book taxis and put the responsibility on the taxi driver to take her home and make sure she or anyone is safely indoors.
