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AIBU that they should bloody move us ( hospital related )

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Justoverit25 · 29/09/2023 02:50

Daughter was admitted on to ward from a&e at 7.30 pm after a very very long day. Around an hour after we got here
our cubicle ( nearest to door off ward ) became very loud with some really weird buzzing pounding noise.
anyway confused myself and nurse tried to look at what was going on. You can hear it in our room loudly, the corridor part outside our room and the kitchen opposite.
anyway it turns out the problem is this cupboard outside the ward exit doors which is some sort of electric cupboard witch is making some rather questionable noises !
the ward is quite long, so the rest of the. Aga etx are down by the nurses station and although can hear it slightly from the nurses station you can’t from the other beds when doors our shut. Our cubicle wall is basically on the other side of the wall to the cupboard.
the room is buzzing constantly.
it’s now nearly 3 am, daughter is sen and sensitive to nosies so has been in a crisis for hours,
there is no way of any sleep because it’s just far too loud.
they have said they reported it 3 times
But no one has come up. There is space on another ward upstairs but are insisting we have to stay here where there is no other spare room to move her to.
they said because the doctors she needs to see will do ward round in the morning here.
Which is ridiculous because we are here enough to know when there isn’t a bed on this ward for her we end up upstairs and her doctors manage to make it up a lift at ward round to see her.

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burntoutnurse · 29/09/2023 03:17

That bed upstairs might be their only last emergency bed...

Can you put the tv on to somewhat drown out the noise.

Estates are usually limited of a night time.

Moving you also takes up staff which, they realistically do not have (my last shift we were ten nurses short, also on a paediatric ward)

burntoutnurse · 29/09/2023 03:17

I hope your DC is better soon

KnowledgeableMomma · 29/09/2023 04:13

I know it's not ideal, it's really annoying, and it's really hard on DD but......it's a hospital, not a hotel. I promise they don't want to make it harder on DD, which means there must literally be no where else for them to put you ( I know you said there is space on another ward, but just because there is room doesn't mean it's the appropriate place for DD). You'll have to deal and remember, it's not forever.

Hottytotty · 29/09/2023 04:23

I really feel for you (I can’t sleep having got home late from my DS having day surgery today, and worrying about him).
I’m not sure you’ll get anywhere tonight unfortunately but I encourage you to report it to PALS tomorrow - may sound ridiculous but my FIL has cancer and was put in a single room which had no blind, in May. My DH asked the ward staff what could be done to stop his DF waking up at 4.30am, and they said they’d been asking for a blind for months. A call to PALS as lack of sleep was badly affecting FIL’s recovery, and a blind was installed in 48 hours. I realise this may not help you, depending how long you have to stay in, but may help someone else (or you if you’re in again).
Not being able to sleep in hospital is the worst though Flowers

WandaWonder · 29/09/2023 04:26

It is hospital not a hotel as a pp mentioned, they can only do so much, just because you say they have move us there does not mean they can

olympicsrock · 29/09/2023 04:52

It’s really important for patients to be in the right clinical area. “Outliers” patients away from the doctors looking after them often get less good help.
I lnow that it’s a nuisance but stay in the right location.

PortalooSunset · 29/09/2023 05:44

Ask for earplugs? My sensitive to noise dc always has some with them. Or ear defenders but probably a bit harder to sleep in those. Someone's got to be in that bed though, why shouldn't it be you?

Trickytimer · 29/09/2023 05:56

I really feel for you OP sounds horrendous, lack of sleep and worry is such a horrible combination.

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