I would like to hear what people think of hospital discharge lounges and

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I was sent down to the discharge lounge to wait for my son,my tablets and because they needed the bed. I rang my son and said to make his way over and that I was just waiting for tablets, I went down to the lounge at 10:30,my son had an hour's journey and I thought that would be plenty time to sort out my tablets.My son arrived at 12:00 I asked the nurse if there was any news on my tablets,she came back with a 'I dont care' attitude.By 16:00 the nurse came in with my tablets. I was absolutely shocked and mortified to find out that I spent all that time waiting for paracetamol and aspirin. If I had known this I would have left and picked it up from Tescos.My son stayed with me and forked out a fortune on the carpark.Why is it that hospitals cant get their act together with tablets? Why does it take so long to get patients that are clearly ready to go home ready for discharge.Why do hospitals make you feel like second best when it comes to discharge,it's as if your just a burden.
To top it all off,I was seated next to a lady who I later found out was MRSA positive,nasal I believe. I only found this out when the nurse told the hospital transport. I thought patients with MRSA were suppose to be in isolation. If anyone works in a discharge lounge I would like to hear what the purpose of these lounges are or if it's just a dumping ground to get patients off the ward. Out of sight out of mind springs to mind here.
 
They don't care , they're way under-staffed usually.

When I was discharged after having my daughter, I waited and waited while the woman at the desk looked up some phone numbers for someone when all she had to do was take a pair of scissors and cut the band off of my daughter and I so when could be wheeled down stairs. My mom was waiting in the parking lot for me and they told her she couldn't park out front unless she was going to be there less than 5 minutes , but with the lady taking so long to get me out the valet people asked my mom for her keys and just then I came out.

As far as for the medicine its usually nothing special , all they gave me in the hospital was ibuprofen . I brought some Tylenol pms of my own in as I knew it would help me to sleep.
 
i understand where u are coming from as this has happened to me too as an outpatient. However, i work in a hospital pharmacy and just thought u should know that the whole hospital is being serviced by the department. It is true that the nurse should have told u that u could buy the medicines as we do in my trust. However, there are emergencies that take priority by the pharmacy
 
i cant see why a normal chemist cant dispense the tablets... afterall most are in the chemists anyway!...we had the same.. my mate was let out at ten am and was told to come back for the tablets at 2 pm.. and its £5 to park!!...
 
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