My partner was an in-patient at QEUH and, after being treated very well and very promptly in their A&E, we are both very disappointed with his care. He is in for a pancreatic flare up which causes severe pain and makes him unable to keep any food or fluids down. Despite this the doctors will not agree to give him sufficient pain management, which only makes him more unable to keep anything down.
My partner has been hospitalized for his flare ups probably over 20 times in the last year and a half. He and I are both very well informed about this condition and how the medications he responds to well. The doctors will not listen to either of us and will only give him pain meds that we both know he does not react to at all and do not at all help the pain. Why give him medication now that is insufficient and will actively make him worse, requiring you to later overmedicate him due to your own initial negligence? The last time this happened in hospital and no one would listen to us he got so bad that they had to feed him through an NG tube and he had to be hospitalized for weeks.
Additionally, my partner is Jain and the hospital has not been able to provide him with food that abides by his religious dietary restrictions. The nurse who served his dinner did not even know what the food was and when we asked him he just laughed and shrugged before walking out. Luckily I thought to bring him some snacks, but surely there is a duty of care for anyone who is inpatient that includes giving them food that meet their dietary needs and restrictions. No one has even given him any water yet despite our asking for hours and him being cleared to eat and drink hours ago.
The care in A&E was phenomenal, but the care on the ward so far has been disgraceful and bordering on negligent. Very disappointing.
"Lack of pain management and fulfillment of basic needs"
About: Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow / Accident & Emergency Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow Accident & Emergency Glasgow G51 4TF Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow / Gastroenterology (Stomach and gut problems) Wards 8b, 8c &8d Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow Gastroenterology (Stomach and gut problems) Wards 8b, 8c &8d Glasgow G51 4TF
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