Treatment in hospital corridors

ayse I was afraid when my son had a stroke in California rather than here in the UK because although he has (very expensive) insurance it doesn't fully cover everything.

I got the call after he was in hospital and I was very afraid for him.

I need not have been so anxious and soon was grateful he wasn't here with potentially a wait for the ambulance.

His had only taken seven minutes to get to him and within an hour he had already had his bloods done, a brain scan and all the other tests and was in a private room. The correct thrombolysis drug had been administered.

I'm sure, like here, everywhere is different but I will always be grateful.

You were lucky. The elderly man next-door to me was in a public corridor all day with people constantly walking past and staring at him. He had no dignity at all.
And the care wasn't good either, he didn't get a drink until his daughter shouted at someone and even then it was a cup of tepid water.
It was that bad of an experience his daughter has already spoken to a solicitor about it.

i think people like the lady who passed should not be in the corridors but a private bay in the treatment area, if there has to be corridors used maybe for less serious cases, ie broken bones, virus' etc

Must be distressing for attending staff as well, if this is their constant work environment.

My husband had a hospital admission from A&E following an appointment that turned into an emergency. I was quite shocked at the system in A&E where elderly people are just left waiting around on uncomfortable chairs for hours and hours and hours whilst they wait for beds. My husband was lucky that he got transferred from A&E to an assessment ward in only 10 hours...

I've been treated in a corridor on a trolley and had excellent care several times where I live now . January last year treated for day and half on a trolley ward my local hospital had made by the major incident room . Each trolley had a button on the wall to call the nurse . The care we had couldn't have been better than on a ward.
I was then transferred to an acute cardiac ward for 4 days before going to heart and lung hospital for angiography on the Saturday. And discharged on the Monday .

Where I used to live the healthcare was awful . Have nothing but praise for where I live now .