I ended up spending a week in hospital after having DS by emcs due to having preeclampsia. As a result, I got to know most of the staff on the ward, who were for the most part, absolutely lovely. There were a couple of issues, and most of them can be mainly traced to one specific doctor. Namely, in order of severity:
This doctor told me I needed to go for a scan on Monday (bank holiday weekend) and I ended up not going until late Thursday afternoon after I and a couple of the midwives had to chase it up (I appreciate this may not have been the doctor's fault)
The midwife discharged me, wrote up the paperwork, told me to call DH to come and get me. The doctor then comes in 15 minutes later and tells me I need to stay an extra night. I got quite cross and tearful, so a compromise was reached so I did leave a few hours later than initially planned.
When I looked at the prescriptions written out by this doctor, one of the drugs had the wrong dosage, as an extra zero had been added. I queried it with maternity triage and they confirmed it was an error and taking the wrong amount "would probably kill me!". I flagged it with the pharmacist and got the right amount in the end without having to go back.
My question is WIBU to say something to the hospital and should I specifically name this doctor? There was no real harm done in the end, so I'm not sure I want to make a formal complaint, but I wondered about flagging it through PALS instead? Or am I obsessing on some relatively minor incidents out of a week of amazing care from an overstretched, but kind and compassionate team? This doctor was quite pleasant when I spoke to them, if a bit unsure (he seemed quite young).
What do you think?
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tindel · 11/09/2015 08:43
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