A heavily pregnant mother is claiming her and her horrifically burnt child were thrown out of hospital and into the rain to find their own way home.
Toddler Kealan Perry-Bartlett, just 14-months-old, suffered serious burns when a cup of tea accidentally spilt onto his face, chest and arms.
His mum Navaeh, 35, rushed to the hospital with Kealan in an ambulance. Both were wearing no coats or coats as they were in such a hurry, but they were apparently promised patient transport home.
When Kealan was discharged from the hospital in Aylesbury, England, Neveah – who was eight months pregnant – was shocked when she learned she’d have to make her
own way home.
She was given a number for a taxi firm to organise her trip home. “I had no coat and was just wearing slippers, and Kealan had no coat either,” Nevaeh said. She initially thought they’d be staying overnight.
“I was frightened, confused, very lost, cold and had no easy way home. It was terrible.”
“I said it was ridiculous and they did give me a blanket for Kealan, but I’ve never been to Aylesbury before so I had no idea where I was going.”
“My husband had followed us over on his motorbike but obviously wasn’t able to take us back on that, so he gave me his credit card so I could get a ticket for the train home.”
After they were discharged, Nevaeh – who has two other children – walked to a local train station but it wouldn’t have got them home till 1am.
“There were drunks around so I was an emotional mess. I called my mum in a huge panic so she offered to pay for the taxi for me.”
She continued: “I am disgusted at our hospital services.”
“We were kicked out into the cold and just left to find our own way home.”
A spokesman for the NHS trust said: “We have taken Mrs Perry-Bartlett’s complaint extremely seriously and are currently looking into the matter with our staff to establish exactly what happened.
“We have options in place for transfer to and from hospital for patients who need it, and we will be working with Mrs Perry-Bartlett and our colleagues to understand whether there was anything we needed to have done differently.”
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