Hospital acquired Infection.

[cuddlepop]

I'm really annoyed at the state of our NHS,what has happened to it.

My son required surgery to repair nerve damage to his hand.Glass also had to be removed.
Saturday morning trip to Raigmore,cost £50 in fuel return.
Although we got there by late aftenoon he wasnt taken down till 7pm.We had to go home so luckily my brother went to pick him up the next day and a friend brought him back to Skye.
This weekend his hand was giving him alot of pain so we went up to casulty to be told it was just swelling.Myself and staff nurse queried an infection as even morphine wouldnt look at the pain.Doctor didnt agree.Yesterday we had to take him back up to casulty where the doctor removed his cast and discovered an infection.
Once again we were asked to take him through another £50

Now we arrived lastnight at 10.30 and OH drove back home.I'm staying at my brothers .
My son still hasnt went to theatre,he still hasnt had iv antibiotics and I'm lossing patience.

His hand is his work he's a joiner and now is in a worse way because of an hospital aquired infection.

We will be lucky if we get £30 back in fuel but they would pay a taxi £180 per trip to take him to Raigmore.

What on earth is going on.

[percy toboggan]

A survey announced yesterday that 30% of people are reluctant to undergo surgery because of possible infection.
I'm one of them.

I hope your boys hands heals quickly. You also give a good insight into a remote, rural existence. I presume 'Raigmore' is in Inverness? Please keep us informed of his progress.
Thanks

[cuddlepop]

A survey announced yesterday that 30% of people are reluctant to undergo surgery because of possible infection.
I'm one of them.

I hope your boys hands heals quickly. You also give a good insight into a remote, rural existence. I presume 'Raigmore' is in Inverness? Please keep us informed of his progress.
Thanks

It is Percy and Oh had to drive there after spending all day driving his HGV.
If he had a portable tacko then we wouldnt have been able to go .Thats another arguement for another thread though.

My son is back from theatre and I'll go up tonight with my brother to see him.
They are talking about possble skin grafts as th infection was so widespread.
If he doesnt learn a lesson from this then he never will.

[percy toboggan]

Oh dear. I've smallish skin grafts to both hands. Not pretty but they do heal well, especially in a fit young person.


The relevant Minister was on the radio this very mornuing - Alan Johnson. He reckons things are improving with MRSA & c-diff both down by significant amounts. He extolled the virtues of the 'deep clean' but was challenged on this. We have similar infection rates to Malta & Cyprus. More developed nations like Holland and Germany are streets ahead of us in this area. Not good is it?

Keep your chins up.

[Margaret M.]

Cuddlepop, I hope your son starts healing now. Getting an infection in a hospital of all places is frightening but unfortunately, very common -- it is the same over here.

[teenybash]

The thought of going into a hospital is fightening enough without the added risk of infections.
I have a sone in law who is a doctor and my daughter is a nurse and they are both disgusted with the NHS. They are both of the opinion that the 'Managers' should be ousted as they are not medically trained and have no clinical knoweledge and feel the old syle of Matrons should be brought back.
My daughter was horrified at one hospital she worked at for a short while, to find incontinent patients [through no fault of their own] were in carpeted rooms, where the inevitable 'accidents' were frequent, leaving carpet stained and smelly no matter how much cleaning and shampooing was done.........if that is the lack of hygene that can be seen, what lurks in areas hidden.
Cuddlepop hope your son heals speedilly......keep hanging in there.....