A report in today’s Irish Times claims that staff at Letterkenny University Hospital have been instructed not to leave patients lying on the floor of its Emergency Department.
It’s after a man suffered injuries and was made to lie on the floor of the hospital’s ED because there was not a bed or trolley to place him on.
According to the Irish Times’ reporting, the man had fainted due to falling out of his chair, and was placed on the floor. The man then said he fainted again while lying on the floor of the hospital, and woke up with a black eye as well as a nosebleed.
The report also alleges that a number of administrative errors took place in contacting the patient and his family following the ordeal also.
The hospital later apologised to the patient for his treatment.
Staff were told after the incident that they were not to ask any patient to lie on the floor of the hospital in future.
You can read the story in full in today’s Irish Times here.