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Written by a patient
27th May 2020


WHERE DO I BEGIN WITH THIS SO CALLED HOSPITAL YOU MAY HAVE THE BEST EQUIPMENT AROUND BUT YOU SURE HAVENT GOT THE STAFF AT ALL YES WE NO THE NHS IS STRETCHED BUT!!!!!!!!! MY WIFE WENT INTO LABOUR AROUND 10.30 YESTERDAY MORNING VERY FAST PACED LABOUR AS OUR BUNDLE OF JOY WAS BORN 5.48 THAT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY.... THE SERVICE BY THE MIDWIFES WERE VERY POOR LEFT MY WIFE IN ALL HER BLOOD FOR OVER AN HOUR AND HALF!!!!!!! WAS TOLD THEY WILL BE IN TO CHANGE THE BED ONCE MY WIFE WAS WAS SHOWERED STILL NO ONE.... SO I TOOK IT UPON MY SELF TO PUT SOME GLOVES ON AND DO THERE JOB FOR THEM!!!!! ALONG WITH HELPING MY WIFE WHO WAS LEAKING STILL EVERYWERE FROM THE BIRTH OF OUR DAUGHTER DISGUSTING!!!!!!!!!......... WAITING 45 MINUTES FOR TOAST WHICH NEVER ARRIVED TO BE ASKED AGAIN ARE YOU HUNGRY WELL YES SHE IS!!!!! TO THEN BE AGAIN ASKED ARE YOU HUNGRY SHE SAID YESSS 45 MINS AGO THEN TO BE ASKED BY A DIFFRENT MIDWIFE AGAIN I MEAN COMEEEEE ON DID YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE LOAF TO PROVIDE A BIT OF TOAST!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE CHANGE OVER OF MIDWIFES FOR US WAS AND IS SHOCKING!!!!!!!!!! IT TOOK THEM AROUND THE SAME TIME IF NOT LONGER TO TELL US THE WEIGHT OF THE BABY TOO!!! TELL YOU WHAT DONT CHANGE MIDWIFES SO MUCH AND YOU MIGHT GET SOME WERE WITH PEOPLE IN LABOUR I MEAN WITH COVID 19 STILL HANGING AROUND LIKE A BAD SMELL THE HOSPITAL WASNT THAT BUSY FOR ALL THERE LAZY MISTAKES AND LACK OF CARE SHOCKINGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!! PAIN RELIEF FOR MY WIFE WAS MORE OR LESS BEGGED FOR AFTER THE BIRTH OF OUR DAUGHTER.....WHATS A COUPLE OF PARACETOMOL THE BIG ONE FOR US THO WAS THE ATTITUDE OFF ONE CERTAIN MIDWIFE!!!!!! WHO SPOKEN TO MY WIFE WHICH MADE HER CALL ME IN FLOODS OF TEARS MAY I ADD WITH AN ATTITUDE AFTER ASKING IS IT POSSIBLE FOR A BABYS MILK WITH AN ATTITUDE RESPONDED BACK TO MY WIFE NO SORRY WE DONT!!!!!!! PROVIDE!!!!!!! THEM!!!!!!! TRY BREAST FEEDING... ( MIDWIFE YES YOU DO BECAUSE WE WAS PROVIDED ONE WITH NO PROBLEMS WHEN SHE ARRIVED IN THE DELIVERY SUITE MY WIFE WAS CONSTANTLY TRYING OUR DAUGHTER TO NO JOY SO BASICALLY TO ME THAT IS DISGUSTING MANOR... AND ALSO VERY CONCERNING FOR NOT JUST OUR DAUGHTER BUT MANY OTHERS IN THE SAME HOSPTAL...... AND STILL HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO PICK MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER UP AS YET AGAIN THERE DRAGGING THERE FEET IN A NONE BUSY HOSPITAL AGAIN SHOCKING CARE OR LACK OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! POOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

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