HORROR AT HOSPITAL’S BLOODY FLOOR
Infirmary A&E unit was too dirty to stay, says mum
AWOMAN has slammed hospital staff for treating her in a bloodspattered cubicle which had used tissues on the floor.
Now hospital chiefs have told staff to improve standards.
HOSPITAL bosses have come under fire after a young mum was treated in a blood-spattered cubicle.
Discarded needle covers, tissues and a used gown were also left lying in the cubicle at the Accident and Emergency unit at the Victoria Infirmary.
The 30-year-old, who suffers from a chronic condition that requires regular hospital visits, took photographs on her mobile phone when she was sent to A&E on Thursday.
She said: “They took me up to cubicle three and as soon as I went in I could see someone had been in just before me.
“There was a gown and a crumpled blanket on the bed. They just lifted them up and told me to lie down.
“I refused and sat on the corner of a chair. I was scared to move. I looked around and started to notice how dirty the place was.
“There was blood on the floor and on the bottom of the units. There was a scrunched up tissue in the corner of the room. There was also a plastic cover of a needle lying there. It was disgusting.”
The mum-of-two, from Govanhill, who has asked not to be named, was then left alone in the cubicle and began cleaning the surfaces.
She said: “I took some wipes from under a trolley and cleaned the bed so that I could sit on it. I also wiped the blood from the floor because I was worried I’d catch something.
“When the doctor came back he said he was thinking of keeping me in but I actually told him I felt better so that I could get out of there.
“When I left I felt like I needed to have a shower. It was horrible. The first thing I did when I went home was run a bath.”
The Victoria Infirmary was slammed by a health watchdog last year after a snap inspection found blood and body fluids on medical equipment and needles protruding from bins.
A follow-up visit by the Healthcare Environment Inspectorate in November 2013 found “good standards of cleaning across all the wards and departments”.
When the Evening Times showed NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde photographs of the blood-stained cubicle, the health board immediately instructed staff to improve standards.
A spokeswoman said: “We regret that the cleanliness standards appear to have fallen below the high standard we strive to deliver.
“Steps have been taken to reinforce to our staff the importance of maintaining high levels of cleanliness.”