An afterthought...

Whilst my father in law was in hospital earlier this year, I used the squirty hand gel stuff as you're supposed to. During my visit, I wanted to wash my hands again (yoghurt related incident) but could I see the sink that's supposed to be on every ward?

Turns out it was hidden behind the door, so close to a patients' bed that if the tap was turned on too hard, he got a shower. Consequently, it was mostly obscured by curtains or his visitors and almost completely unaccessible. It was almost as if it were put in as an afterthought.

And I lost count of the amount of times a certain rubber gloved nurse wiped his nose with the back of his hand and then laid those same hands on my father in law to change his dressings.

Bring back good old hankies and Carbolic soap!

LTS