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Originally Posted by thesheriff443

My elderly neighbour who is 81 is back in hospital with a chest infection
She has copd heart failure and type two diabetes

Back in after being home for two weeks after spending a month in hospital because of her breathing she is now on permanent oxygen

Listen to this for a fcuk up
She came home and the ambulance crew turned down her oxygen to virtually nothing and left

So she was without her proper oxygen level for 4 hours

She phoned me after getting worse from not having the right amount of oxygen

So I went round and turned the machine up to the correct level and fitted a new nasal tube

People praise the nhs but there are still some idiots working for them

That's really frightening your account of what occurred.
It's not in any way defensible.
It's a really good thing she was able to ring and rely on yourself.

Your last line, there's no way I'd disagree with at all.

You mentioned diabetes there too.
I have actually had to intervene for a friend hospitalised and also diabetic.
Where they were stopped from taking their own blood sugar levels.
Plus where a Diabetic Consultant had put a higher minimum level for their blood sugar level on their notes.
Which wasn't carried out.
They ended up in a dangerous hypo but fortunately were found in time.
It is really worrying.

I know the Pope will be constantly and intensively watched and cared for.
As you point out however others, even here in the UK, are often put at risk by negligence.