Family’s anger at hospital treatment
A Draperstown woman has blasted local hospital services after her mother died from contracting the notorious C- Diff infection on hospital grounds.
83 year old Rose Reid died after a short stay at Antrim Area Hospital left her in severe pain from the virulent strain of the bug.
Siobhan Mc Guigan says the lack of care her mother received at Antrim Hospital was in no doubt a massive factor in her death.
“The lack of help and care my mother received at Antrim was ridiculous. She went into hospital for minor gallbladder problems, and she left worse off than when she went in.”
Siobhan says the family started becoming worried about the level of the care her mother was receiving after the 83 year old was put into isolation in the middle of her week long stay at the hospital.
“It was never even explained to us why my mother was put into isolation, especially since she was taken in because of her gallbladder. I approached a nurse who had my mothers file in her hand and she refused to answer any of my questions, she told me I had to make an appointment with a doctor to find out. ” Said Mrs Mc Guigan.
After leaving the hospital grounds Mrs Reid’s health slowly began to deteriorate, after consultation with her doctor Rose was admitted to Mid Ulster Hospital in Magherafelt were tests showed she had contracted the C-Diff bug as well as Septicaemia.
Rose was then transferred to Craigavon Area Hospital where she passed away less than 24 hours later.
“We can’t get our heads around it, if she had of died of old age or gone downhill after her operation we could have understood. You’d think in this day and age they could’ve done something to prevent her dying in those circumstances.”
The family are now awaiting a post-mortem report to help push for an inquiry into Rose’s death. It is the second tragedy in less than five months for the Mc Guigan’s as Siobhan’s son Keith committed suicide last September.
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