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Originally Posted by webglynne
Blackburn Royal Cockup Hospital!
Thursday!
I took Kathleen into primary care on Boxing Day to be looked at, she had passed no water for 24 hours. It cost me £3.00 to get a taxi from the old Queens Park entrance to the hospital as waiting for an ambulance could have meant waiting 4 hours, £3.00 for a few hundred yards travel.
I should have insisted on a home visit but that is hindsight.
Kathleen is now home complete with the sign I put over the bed
“THIS LADY CANNOT FEED HERSELF!”
but without her wheelchair. So I called the ward and was called back when they found it, “Can you have someone come for it?” “No I cannot!” I said.
“It will be Sunday before we can send it back to you!”
“It will B£*&%$ well not! You will get a taxi and have it here now!” And I put the phone down.
Later another call, “It will be with you in about an hour by taxi!” But surely things like this should be in someone’s notes?
P S I have not checked if she has her teeth!
P P S. Is there still a hospital bus?
Where does it run from?
What times does it run?
Can one board in along the rout?
What rout does it take? We live Willows Lane area.
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Hope she is ok now after that carryon.
Never mind a cock up it sounds like they dont give a tom tit up there for people that need them. Thing is though the taxi was a hind site on their part and was agreed to so they dont have any complaints or patient service black marks. As for information written down I would lay odds on they didnt bother looking for any.