Royal Victoria Infirmary 2014-05-26 Person 4 5 0

i have no complaints about the level of care i recieved during my stay, on the whole the staff were caring & professional-my main concern was during my night on the assesment ward, was the monitor i was hooked up to, apparently i "died" twice according to the machine, according to staff it did this quite often! & the time it took for staff to answer my "call button" during the night when a confused patient got up, ripped out his canular, thereby spraying blood all over on the ward & my bed. i had to calm him, point him in the direction of the toilet & waited what seemed forever for staff to arrive. not the best way to spend your first night in hospital, in a bed covered in someone elses blood! once staff eventually arrived, the problem was dealt with quickly. the pre op ward was lovely, the recovery ward was busy, the staff were great, but hampered by broken equipment, the blood pressure equip was unreliable, the one good unit was on castors that would wake the dead-you knew when the staff were about to check bloods as the trolley screached like a banshee. the door to the stores & the entrance to the ward were constantly crashing shut-meaning trying to sleep in the early hours was almost impossible. i was scheduled to stay in overnight, but due to complications i ended up staying over a week, i eventually persuaded the staff i would be better off at home where i could get a good nights sleep! oh and the food-i wouldnt feed it to my worst enemy-bland just doesnt cover it-thank god for visitors & Greggs