A few days ago I had the unfortunate experience of landing in Queens Medical Centre (QMC) hospital in Nottingham. Eventually after being sat with my legs hanging over the side of the bed with the hand rail digging into me and cutting off the blood supply because the A&E staff wouldn’t give me a chair to sit on I was moved to Ward B3.
What followed was nothing less than a total nightmare. At 4pm on Friday afternoon after hospital staff changed my plans yet again and moved the ever changing goal posts still further away I asked to be discharged and to leave the hospital immediately. From that moment on and for the next 8 and a half hours I was ignored, lied to and fobbed off to the point of being abusive by EVERY member of the medical staff I spoke to including nurses, nursing assistants and even doctors.
Eventually at 1am on Saturday morning I exploded and after an all out shouting match in the hall way I gave them the simple ultimatum of. . . .
(a) placing my under a Section 5 (2) which would legally prevent me from leaving hospital but give me legal rights for my protection and for me to fight them with.
(b) Allow me to leave immediately and assist me with a wheelchair to the main entrance of the hospital from where I could get a taxi.
(c) prevent me from leaving and I would then proceed with Police intervention for “unlawful detention”.
At 2:30am I left the hospital 10 hours after my first request to do so feeling like I had just gone through one of the most traumatising and harrowing experiences of my entire life!
I have never felt so humiliated and disrespected by so called medical people in my whole life.
My message to ALL Staff of Ward B3. You need to look up the words “Integrity”, “Honesty”, “Respect” and “dignity” in the dictionary.
Integrity
The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
Honesty
Telling the truth or able to be trusted
Respect
Due regard for the feelings, wishes, or rights of others.
Dignity
The right of a person to be valued and respected for their own sake, and to be treated ethically