One cancer patient, who did not wish to be named, said he was left on a trolley for two nights after attending Tallaght University Hospital with a serious infection.
The man said while lying on the trolley he could “barely” rest his arms beside him, and had difficulty sleeping. “The fatigue and other side-effects that come with chemotherapy are a challenge to deal with in the comfort of one’s own bedroom, let alone in a room which is separated only by a door from the understandably busy corridor of an emergency department,” he said.A spokeswoman for Tallaght University Hospital said while it cannot comment on individual cases, it “regrets any delay a patient experiences whilst waiting in our emergency department”.
“We decided the best thing to do was drive to the hospital and take her home. She had stabilised a bit by then and we said fingers crossed she would be okay that night at home, which she was,” he said. “Eight hours later still standing, and no sign of seeing a doctor, I was told it would be at least another 12 hours,” he said.There were many in that waiting room in visible agony …Dairine Keogh, from Dublin, said she was left “sitting on a chair” in St Vincent’s Hospital for 36 hours last September. Since her own ordeal, she said she now regularly thinks of those waiting in emergency departments when she is driving past the hospital.
“None of this minimises the inconvenience that patients and their loved ones experience during long waits in the ED, and we apologise to anyone who has been impacted,” she said.
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