PATIENTS OUTRAGED AT 'CUPBOARD CARE'
LIZ PERKINS
HEALTH REPORTER
ELIZABETH.PERKINS@SWWMEDIA.CO.UK
09:00 - 20 September 2007
Kidney dialysis patients are receiving treatment in a broom cupboard because of the pressure on Morriston Hospital's renal unit, according to patients.They have branded the windowless, old walk-in cupboard, attached to the main service as "unsafe and claustrophobic."Around 190 patients rely on dialysis services at the hospital site.And campaigners from the Kidney Wales Foundation say there is only a ward within Morriston and an annexe building in the car park for their care.Bosses at Swansea NHS Trust have denied claims that they have converted a cupboard into a makeshift dialysis station.
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