Victoria B.C. family frustrated after hospital puts patient in room with no washroom, call button
Global News
After being admitted from the emergency department, John Preston was put in a sunroom with no washroom or call button for a nurse.
The family of a Victoria B.C., man is speaking out about overcrowding at Royal Jubilee Hospital after he was put in a sunroom while being treated for a serious injury.
John Preston, 56, fell and broke his hip while trying to replace a lightbulb recently.
After being admitted from the emergency department, he was put in a sunroom with no washroom or call button for a nurse.
Instead, he was given a commode and a hotel counter bell, which Preston said was useless in calling for help when he needed it.
“The sunroom is not proper for a guy who is in medical need,” Preston told Global News Monday.
“This one night I was in real bad pain and I just kept on banging (the bell) and nobody came and I took that thing and I threw it on the floor and still nobody came. Nobody came until they wanted to come in there.”
He said nurses told him they had to wait for a security guard before coming into his room. “For what?” he said. “For me with a broken hip?”
Preston said it is not the nurses’ fault but he’s angry and frustrated at the situation he has found himself in.
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