Really sad story

[kandi]

Saw it in Grazia magazine yesterday. Found it really poignant as the Hospital this couple was turned away from was where I gave birth. here

ohg. im crying my eyes out here.

That's dreadful, can't stop crying

terrible story. particularly with hospital closures all around.

I am a paramedic and it breaks my heart to read a story like this. It is so frustrating when we can't take patients to the nearest hospital because they are "closed" or "on divert" because they are so full. As in this case, it can be quite some distance to the next hospital and it is always a concern to the crew that patient condition could change en route. When will the government realise that things need to be done to prevent this occurring again ?

So sad - why was this allowed to happen like this?

Our local hospital is 5 mins down the road and they are in the process of moving all maternity and kids services to a hospital at least 45mins away. I've heard so many stories like this as part of the campaign against it but it still shocks me when I hear the word 'closed'. How is it in an apparantly developed country do we have such failing health services that let people down so badly. Makes me so angry when I think of all that money being spent on the olmpics - why aren't they using it to improve services and stop such heart wrenching stories like this?

i read this earlier and didn't know what to say, it's so sad, my son was born at barnet

How could they have mistaken the mother's heartbeat for the baby's????

Don't babies' heartbeats go much faster than adults?

Negligence ....

Poor couple

OMG...I just know I am so lucky, even if I didn't always feel that way!
I certainly cansympathise with the feeling whilest in the ambulance, etc...transferring without any emotional help or anything is so terrible, as you just think of that automatically worst outcome, of that your Baby is dead, but, for me, and others luckily that is not true! But feel so sorry for this couple!

The hospital they were transferred to is where i gave birth. I had awful experiences both times at CFH. The "care" is awful, the staffing levels are abyssmal. The wards and the systems are crap, and a large proportion of staff have "attitude" problems - probably down to their working conditions.

The wards mix prenatal and post natal women - including those that have had problems and sometimes threatened miscarriages. Its absolutely archaic and I fought both times to have my two at Barnet but they are so overbooked (because CFH is so crap) that i couldnt get in.

I am very very and very to read that, but unfortunately it was only a matter of time before something like this happened.

TBH - when my DD was rushed to hopsital with breathing difficulties 2.5 years ago - i was glad that CFH hospital A & E was closed temporarily because she was taken to Barnet instead where the care is far superior on all levels.

My sister had her children at Chase Farm Hospital.

It's horrible there.

She hated it.

One of hers had to go into special care for 2 weeks and she was given no support at all.

I used to call her each day while she was in hospital to support her.

CountTo10LordsaLeaping Do you live near High Wycombe???????

THere is very little support there at all. In fact, oftentimes I was made to feel like a hindrance. Thats so not how it should be.

This huge event in your life, and you are made to feel like a number, a pain in the arse, unimportant.....

I think I'm gonna walk away from this one because its really upsetting me.

What a really sad story. Only just noticed it.
I am afraid this is going on up and down the country.

The hospital I had my two kids is bloody awful too. The midwives didn't give a monkeys. I won't go into detail as I'm sure I will bore you all. It's too long a story.

Poor couple