“I cried” was “as being kept in captivity”.
This is how Rose Roll of Taber described her stay at Chinook Regional Hospital In Lethbridge after saying that it was transferred to a bed in a storage cupboard.
Roll claims that she was also forced to find her own bedding, food, water from an automatic distributor and had to use a public bathroom.
“Prisoners are better treated,” said Roll in an interview with Global News.
“At least the prisoners get toilets, sink and are treated with dignity.”
Rose Roll, a cancer patient from Taber, Alberta, says that being given a bed in a storage cupboard at the Chinook Hospital in Lethbridge was inhuman and that prisoners benefit from better treatment.
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She was admitted to the hospital on January 19 so that she can closely monitored while undergoing a new form of cancer treatment, which, according to her, can cause serious side effects.
Roll said she was in “a decent room” for the first five days.
She says her stay took a turn when he was told that the staff said that someone sick needed this room.
“Some people call it the closet, some staff members call it the bathtub, and some called it the den or the storage room.”
A photo of the Pink Roll storage room indicates that it was placed during a recent stay at the regional hospital in Chinook in Lethbridge.
With kind permission: Rose Roll
“”I was really shocked, “said Roll, describing him as dusty, weakly lit and isolated.
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“They said that if I had to go to the toilet, I could cross the corridor and use the toilets that belong to the two male residents. But it was a lively play and we had a comfortable epidemic on our floor – I really didn’t feel comfortable going there.
“Once when I laid down there, I was napping and two workers enter and they turned on the light and they said:” Sorry, we need things out of storage. “”
“It happened to the point where I was angry and I said:” I’m going to go home “, and they said:” No, it’s not in your best interest, you have to be watched. “And I thought:” Really? “Because I don’t feel like I’m being watched.
Released a day later, Roll shared his experience and photos of the storage room on social networks.
Rose Roll went to social networks to share the details of her recent stay at the Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge.
With kind permission: Rose Roll
“We apologize to this patient for his experience at the Chinook Regional Hospital,” Alberta Health Services said in a declaration to Global News.
“In response to their concerns, we removed the shelf unit and cleaned the part to improve comfort and intimacy. A bathroom is located directly in front of the patient’s room, and meals are provided to all patients, regardless of the place of their room, “added the press release.
“Over-capacity spaces are commonly used during periods of high demand to maintain patient care standards.
“It is an established practice and we focus on patients in over-capacity areas receive safe and appropriate care.”
The Alberta Health Services apologized for Roll for giving it a bed in a storage room and says that the shelves full of hospital supplies that were in the room have now been moved, sharing a photo updated With Global News.
Gracieuse: Alberta Health Services
NDP health criticism in Alberta said Roll’s story about his hospital stay is an example of the “serious crisis” confronted with the Alberta health care system.
“The current government does not care,” Sarah Hoffman told journalists in Edmonton on Tuesday.
“They don’t care where they care more about their budget than relieve people’s pain, let them live with dignity, ensuring that you can have these things that make you a good quality of life in your life in Bringing the care and treatment you need and still staying in what this patient describes as a storage area has not been worthy. »»
Global News contacted the office of the Minister of Health of Alberta, Adriana Lagrange, and was referred to the declaration provided by Alberta Health Services.
Roll said everyone should be treated with respect and dignity, and she hopes that she will never be in a similar situation again.
“I crossed this scenario in my head several times because if they did that again?” It scares me.
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