MAM WAS ADMITTED TO P.C.H. ON THE 23rd. FERUARY 2003, FOLLOWING A CONVULSION [ ON SECOND ADMISSION THIS WAS ATTRIBUTED TO MEDICATION, AND SHE WAS SLOWLY TAKEN OF THOSE TABLETS ].
I WAS AT P.C.H. BEFORE SHE ARRIVED. SHE WAS FAR FROM “ ALERT” ON BOTH OCCASIONS OF ADMITTANCE. INFACT ONLY SEMI-CONCIOUS.
BEING THERE, WITH HER, ALL THE TIME, I KNOW THAT SHE WAS NOT SEEN BY Dr. GRIFITHS, BUT BY Dr. TOM. WHEN QUESTIONED BY Dr. TOM ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED, SHE WANTED FURTHER DETAILS AND SAID THAT THE CARERS AT THE HOME WOULDN’T KNOW WHAT A FIT WAS [ THE CARER, ON BOTH OCCASIONS, HAS AN EPILEPTIC SON]. WHEN UNABLE TO ANSWER HER QUESTIONS REGARDING MAM’S MEDICATION, I TOOK HER TO THE ADMITTING NOTES AND SHOWED HER THE PRINTED LIST THAT HAD COME UP FROM THE HOME. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT Dr.TOM HAD LOOKED AT THE NOTES.
ON THE SECOND ADMISSION [ AGAIN COMPLETELY OUT OF IT ], SHE HAD A SECOND FIT, ON THE WARD. TREATED BY S/N HELEN WILLIAMS, WITNESSES BY PATIENT MURIEL DAVIES AND VISITOR E. WILLS.
WHEN SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO St. TYDFIL’S, I HAD A LOOK AT THE NOTES WITH SISTER RAINES AND THERE WAS NO MENTION OF THE SECOND FIT. AT A LATER DATE I ASKED IF I COULD HAVE A COPY OF THOSE NOTES, BUT THEY WERE NOT AVAILABLE. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, THAT DURING VISITING, IT DID NOT SEEM APPROPRIATE TO SEE HER SAT NAKED EXCEPT FOR A HOSPITAL GOWN DRAPED OVER HER FRONT.
SEEING THE TRANSFER NOTES AT ROYAL GLAMORGAN, MY ATTENTION WAS DRAWN TO THE FACT THAT THEY WERE NOW MARKED “EPILEPTIC”.
WHERE HAD THIS NOW APPEARED FROM?

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