[Jaymoss]

Originally Posted by Russ

Certainly sounds like a Health Borough issue than across the board in the NHS.

I think in a lot of cases they are too busy to remember sometimes patients are human beings with human frailties. A friend of mine was admitted Friday in pain. They suspected an infection and found an infarction in one of his kidneys. This was all found on Friday. They said they would treat the infection as sepsis just in case as he has a mechanical heart valve. Since then he has been poked and prodded had scans and all sorts but has been told nothing all the time anxious about what was causing the infection and what was going on. Today he basically insisted someone come and talk to him about it and they finally did but the consultant did not seem happy about it. They still do not know what is causing the infection but think it is not his heart valve. Imagine 5 days with that anxiety and not being told anything? That would drive me insane