My father who will is in his seventies had a severe stroke in October 2017. He had a blood clot on the left hand side of his brain affecting his right, his mobility, right arm and leg and also speech all affected and is learning to walk again with 2 aids on one side.
He spent 3 months in Monklands General Hospital Ward 21. The staff can I say were amazing and so kind to my dad I want to say a big thank you to them.
From there he was discharged in January 2018 which didn't go to plan, there was a mix up in communication and he got hospital transport booked to the door and should have had an ambulance with a stair aid to get him up the 15 stairs, instead of this the hospital transport (who were great) got him to the front door and my brother tried to get him up the stairs, he then had to crawl on his bottom and left hand side across the top landing to his room and hospital bed waiting, it was a sight that shocked us all and haunts me to this day and would want no family to go through that again. It took him a few days to recover as he was so tired and his right arm which he cannot use was hurt by the event. Please do not let this happen again to any family.
"Transport on Discharge from Hospital"
About: University Hospital Monklands / Medicine for the Older Adult (Wards 14,20,22) University Hospital Monklands Medicine for the Older Adult (Wards 14,20,22) ML6 0JS
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