LAST week, after attending an outpatients diabetic clinic at Kidderminster Hospital, my husband was refe- rred to the medical assessment unit at Ronkswood.
It was there that we experienced the effects that the downgrading of our hospital at Kidderminster.
We arrived at Ronkswood at 5.45pm on Friday, with my husband's medical notes.
At 6pm a male nurse came and took particulars and my husband's blood pressure was taken. We were then told to wait there for the doctor.
At 9.15pm no-one had been near us, and my husband, who is an insulin-dependent diabetic with a heart condition, had not had his blood glucose levels checked, and had not been offered a drink or anything to eat.
When night staff arrived at about 9.45pm a young nurse did make him a milky drink.
We were then told a doctor would see him shortly, but had been called to another ward.
As I had to work the next morning, I left. When I arrived home at about 11pm I phoned and he was still waiting.
At 6am on Saturday, I telephoned and was told a doctor was "just about to see him". At 8.30am I was told he had just been seen by the doctor and his sugar levels were quite high.
This was now 13-14 hours after arriving at the assessment unit and in all this time my husband was on a narrow trolley.
At 5pm on Saturday he was transferred to a bed at Newtown Hospital where he did receive very good care, almost 24 hours later.
After all the care and dedication my husband has received at Kidderminster Hospital when he was so poorly, I just could not believe the situation at Ronkswood.
SANDRA HARDWICK
Knight Road, Wolverley
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