Martin Wilde, 73 years old, a Parkinson's disease patient, was admitted to hospital in Salford, United Kingdom. He had inflammation of the spinal cord after surgery. His eight-month hospital stay became hell.
The man did not receive pain medication because there were too few staff. The man even had to lie in his own urine for hours after a full bottle fell on his sheets. Other patients are also said to have sought help to no avail.
“I asked for painkillers. They said they weren't authorized to prescribe opioids. I asked for a doctor. They said, 'They're busy, with a hundred patients, you're not a priority.' I was struggling, so I called 911,” the man told the newspaper. daily Mail.
At one point, the man told his wife: “If I have to die in this hospital, let it happen quickly.”
The doctor who examined the man after he was transferred to another ward described him as the most neglected patient he had seen in his 38-year career.
The man's plight shows how serious the crisis in British healthcare currently is. Also worrying is that 40% of patients who went to the emergency room last year had to wait at least four hours before they could get help.
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