An 80-year-old man who was rushed to hospital after having a stroke was put in a storage room by Glasgow medics where he remained for hours. The man took unwell on Monday afternoon and was taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital after his wife noticed he couldn’t move his right leg or lift his arm to take a sip of juice. On arrival, he tested positive for covid-19 and couldn't be placed in a mainstream ward.
Instead, he was put in a storage room with no water, buzzer, or access to a toilet - according to his family. (Image: Images supplied to the Glasgow Times) The man’s son told the Glasgow Times: “When I found my dad, he was in a storage room. He wasn’t hooked up to anything and they had a mask on him.
“I asked the nurse why he was here, and they said because he has covid and we are rammed. “I said to a nurse that my dad needed the toilet and that he was catheterized – she said to tell him to do it where he was. “He couldn’t walk and I said we needed someone to take him to the toilet.
It had been two hours and no one had come, and that’s when I started to get a wee bit annoyed. “It just wasn’t acceptable.” READ NEXT: Staff work overnight to install huge towers at Glasgow train station (Image: Images supplied to the Glasgow Times) Pictures show the storage room filled with medical supplies and several drinks which the patient’s son said belonged to staff.
He added that they would come in and out, and take sips of juice while his dad lay there.
