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"MY MOTHER WAS ADMITTED TO THE QUEEN MARGARET IN DUNFERMLINE 7 WEEKS AGO, IN THE FIRST 2 WEEKS SHE CONTRACTED C DIFF, SHE WAS PUT INTO ISOLATION AND RECOVERED FROM INFECTION, SHE WAS THEN PLACE BACK ON TO NORMAL WARD, WITH IN DAYS SHE HAS PROVED POSSITIVE TO C DIFF AGAIN AND WAS MOVED ONTO A SIDE ROOM, THIS IS WHERE MY CONCERN STARTS, ON THE ROOM DOOR, IT STATES INFECTION CONTROL MEASURES IE WEAR APRON AND GLOVES AND ROOM DOOR TO BE KEPT CLOSED, MY SISTER AND MYSELF FOLLOWED THESE RULES, BUT WE HAVE WITNESSED NURSING STAFF ENTER AND LEAVE HER ROOM NEITHER WEARING PROTECTIVE CLOTHING OR WASHING HANDS, THE SOILED CLOTHS ARE PUT INTO A NORMAL CARRIER BAG WHICH WE HAD TO TAKE HOME TO LAUNDER, HER SISTER WHO IS IN HER 80s HAS TAKEN FEASE CONTAMINATED CLOTHING THAT THEY HAVE PLACED INTO A CARRIER BAG ON TO THE BUS, AS SHE WAS LEAD TO BELIEVE IT WAS JUST A BUG GOING ROUND THE HOSPITAL, I HAVE TAKEN PICTURE OF HER ROOM, WHERE THE STAFF HAVE LEFT BAGS CONTANING SOILED CLOTHES ON THE FLOOR AT THE HEAD OF HER BED, WE ONLY VISIT EVERY SECOND NIGHT, DUE TO HER HAVING CRONIC DIARRHOEA THE BAGS MOUNT UP AND AS CARRIER BAGS HAVE VENT HOLES IN THEM, THE SMELL IS OVER POWERING, I HAVE TOLD STAFF THAT THERE HYGIENE IS A JOKE, AND I FELT THAT WHILE SEE HAS SEVER DIARRHOEA WHY CAN\'T SHE WEAR HOSPITAL CLOTHES, WHICH CAN THEN BE BOILED WASHED, TO THINK THAT THE WHOLE POINT IS TO CONTAIN INFECTION, AND WE ARE WANDERING THROUGH THE HOSPITAL CARRING CONTAMINATED CLOTHING, BUT THE STAFF INFORMED US THAT IT IS NOT HOSPITAL POLICY TO SUPPLY HER WITH GOWNS, I SHOULD MENTION MY MOTHER IS ON WARD 6 QUEEN MARGARET HOSPITAL, SHE IS 76 YEARS OLD SHE HAS HAD SEVERAL STROKES. WHICH HAS LEFT HER UNABLE TO SWALLOW PROPERLY AND HER LEFT SIDE HAS BE AFFECTED LEAVING HER UNABLE TO WALK, SHE HAS NOW BEEN IN ISOLATION FOR 15 DAYS, IN THAT TIME SHE HAS NOT BEEN SHOWERED OF BATHED IN ALL THAT TIME, THE RAIDIATOR GRILL HAS FALLEN OF THE WALL AND IS LYING ON THE FLOOR AT THE SIDE OF HER BED, THE HEATING ELEMENT ON THE WALL IS COVERED IN FLUFF AND COB WEBS, EVEN HAVING BROUGHT IT THE ATTENTION OF STAFF, IT STILL REMAINS ON THE FLOOR AND NOT CLEANED AND REPAIRED, AND THAT WAS DAYS AGO, IT SCARES ME TO THINK THAT THEY ARE PUTTING ELDERLY PATIENTS AT RISK, DUE TO THIER LACK OF BASIC HYGIENE, WE HAVE NOW BEEN TOLD MUM HAS THE FIRST STAGES ON RENAL FAILURE, ON LOOKING ON THE WEB TO SEE IF THE C DIFF COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS, I FOUND THAT THE TOXINS FOM THE C DIFF CAN AFFECT THE KIDNEYS, I HAVE NEVER POSTED ANY THING BEFORE HOPE SOME ONE WHO READS THIS CAN GET INTOUCH WITH SOME INFO, ALL THE BEST, SHEILA "

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