"I was given the wrong person's drugs"

About: Maternity care / Antenatal and Postnatal (Ward 38) Maternity care / Labour Suite Maternity care / Maternity & Paediatric Theatres

(as a service user),

I recently attended Ninewells hospital labour suite for an induction due to a maternal health complication. I cannot thank the midwives in labour suite enough for all their support and encouragement throughout our visit. 

I also unfortunately had a visit to the emergency theatre very soon after for a retained placenta, the staff in the theatre were great and made me feel so at ease! 

However post delivery I was moved to ward 38 and the experience went seriously downhill. I was approached by a midwife who asked to check my c-section scar although I had not had a section. They gave me medication for pain, did not check my name band, ask me my details or check my allergy status. Later that day I had requested to go home the same day and the midwife brought me my drugs for discharge. I questioned the midwife as I had not had a c-section and this seemed like a lot of drugs for a vaginal delivery. It was the wrong person's drugs and in fact I was being discharged with fragmin for 10 days opposed to the 6 weeks they had tried to discharge me with.

We then put our baby into their car seat and went home, at no point did she come to check our baby was in this correctly before we left. 

I understand the ward is a busy environment but it's an accident waiting to happen..

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