My parent presented via ambulance for a heart attack. It seemed an absolutely textbook heart attack to me, was treated in Emergency with 2 x Panadol and left, all the while deteriorating and in immense pain. Eventually bloods were done, showed heart damage, referral to another hospital was organised and each following blood test showed more damage and patient still deteriorating. Told there was nothing they could do in Sale, yet it seemed they left my parent in Sale for a few days while the other hospital had a bed and my parent's cardiologist waiting.
Terrible communication from the staff in my opinion, one particular day I recall not once did a doctor come and check my parent, not once. When questioned about this, I was told that the team is assessing my parent, can I speak to the team? Who is the team? I was there all day each day in the hospital and it seemed not one person could tell me what was going on and why my parent hadn’t been transferred as they were getting worse and worse and there was nothing Sale could do. Disgusting treatment in my opinion, ignored the heart attack and given Panadol, I felt was an absolute joke. Even the ambulance drivers came back to check on my parent post admission and it seemed were shocked that nothing had been done and they were sitting there hours and hours later with Panadol.
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About: Sale Hospital / Emergency Department Sale Hospital Emergency Department Sale 3850
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