C-Diff

[linda_j]

Ionns I just read this also.... please accept my deepest sympathy on the loss of your brother..... My thoughts are with you all....

[hugh]

Ionns. You may already know this, but just in case you don't, there is a c-diff support website on the 'net which may be
useful to you. I'm not 100% sure how to do links, but if you type in "c-diff support" and click on the "I'm feeling lucky" bit it'll take you straight there. Best of luck.

[westport321]

govangirl, I am so saddened by your mothers care, almost made me cry. yes you can take those pictures, to do so at these kind of times is imperative. Also write down dates times place of problem and staff names of those involved.My parents raised me to treat others as I wanted to be treated,common human kindness is sorely lacking in a lot of these so called nurses. I would like to have them under my management for a few days, they would smile, be plesant but firm if need be and be professional or they would get their lazy arse out!
Only the families of these patients can make the change. BE that squeeky wheel, it wont change until the people make it change. There are no stupid people on this board, only people who have been told that health care is a complicated problem with very few solutions,thay non health care "professionals" understand I say BULL&*(%,.The Southern is a pit from hell and should be transported to another reality. I dont think it has changed much since I had my tonsills out there 53 years ago, last time I was there there was water running across the floor and paint peeling from the walls in the step down ICU. I cant go on with this I am getting way to angry.

[ionnsaigh]

Bobbie, thanks for that, nice to see you back where you belong - lets put the world in order.

[ionnsaigh]

Mike,

A meeting has been arranged for this Wednesday night - time has yet to be arranged - however I have reservations of political parties - being involved in any campaign group. Be they Labour or SNP. In my opinion the success of the campaign - very much depends on grass root support and actions unfettered by political sensitivities - when it comes to direct action that may come into conflict with the law.
Mick.

[ionnsaigh]

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[ionnsaigh]

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[ionnsaigh]

Linda thank you very much (5 words)

[ionnsaigh]

hugh,

Thanks for the link mate. account activated

[Annie]

Just read this whole thread. How aweful! Health care has gotten so terrible. I think the whole NHS needs a kick up the erse! Sorry to hear about your brother, Ions. What a terrible thing to happen to someone so young! I hope that you get the press involved and anyone else you need to get the word out about this. Please keep us all updated on your progress!

[ionnsaigh]

Mike,

After a great deal of careful consideration, I have decided not to attend the meeting on Wednesday.
This particular meeting has been arranged by Jackie Bailey,and her pack of political hyena's. The original venue was the council offices - this has now been changed to the Labour party office in College Street. The time has yet to be arranged as apparently J Bailey MSP " forgot her diary". Apparently and interestingly enough - she have some papers from the vale.
I really feel that the integrity of neutrality,would be brought into question,and the broad base of appeal would be compromised and lost, if we allow these political opportunists to use the outbreak for political gain, by high-jacking the campaign - at it's outset. Apparently Michele mentioned my name, and the fact that George's death certificate makes no mention of C-Diff. They have offered to take this up on my behalf. The way I'm feeling at the moment that - if they attempt this - I will slap an injunction on Bailey along with her vultures - who appear to be feeding off our dead.
If the worst comes to the worst, I may pre-empt the meeting,by forming my own group today. I would use the old biblical version of justice ( unusual for an Atheist ) an eye for an eye - only this time it would be a bug for a bug.
The Bug Union would actively use all potential means of protest - to call for a full Public inquiry. One things for sure we will bug the living daylights out of the board.
I intend going into the vale with a camera - not sure of best time to do this. It would seem wards 3 and F are implicated in the infection. I would consider using Bebo Facebook and My Space, to spread the word - perhaps set up a contact website.
Regards Mick.

[Malky]

Ionns, sorry to hear of your loss. Please accept my condolences.

Malky

[ionnsaigh]

Condolences accepted Malky.
Mick.

[westport321]

Ionns, the best time of day is the busiest time of day, and you are quite right in avoiding the political BS, that allows them to party on and say we have had meetings. There is a fix to this problem they just dont want to spend the money.
Please dont go the all out bug spreader then you will be in jail and cant do anything.

[ionnsaigh]

Mum buries her son

By Mike Farrell

George Donoghue

A MUM is one of the latest people to be directly affected by the C-diff crisis at the Vale.

Grieving Alice Donoghue buried her son George last week.

George died in the Vale of Leven hospital after catching a deadly superbug.

Although C-diff was not recorded as the cause of her son’s death, Alice and her family are convinced this is what killed him.

George, 54, died four days after he was told he had contracted the Clostidium Difficile (C-diff) virus.

Mum Alice, 79, and other members of George’s family and friends laid him to rest on Wednesday, just over a week after his passing.

The family have spoken to the Reporter about the tragedy which has left them in shock and anger.

George, who was suffering from alcoholism, was originally admitted to the Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH) in Paisley earlier this month, after his health deteriorated.

He spent around two weeks in the RAH before being transferred to the Vale on June 12, where four days after being informed he had C-diff, George died in ward three on June 16.

Alice told the Reporter: “It’s something I think I’ll never really get over — he was my son, you don’t expect your children to go before you, it was really quite a shock.

“When he was in the RAH we thought he was on a road to recovery, that he was going to get better, but he was taken before his time.”

His younger brother Stephen, 40, is also struggling to come to terms with the loss of George, whose death certificate recorded liver disease as the cause of death, not mentioning the C-diff virus.

George, who was the third of seven Donoghue children, used to work as a tile fitter before retiring a few years ago due to ill health.

Fifty-five people have been treated for the infection in the Vale in the past six months, with George being one of the 25 who have subsequently died.