2 hours of lying in urine, patient no right to complain

Last Modified: 28 May 2007

Source: PA News

A nurse has resigned after telling a heart attack patient that he had no right to complain about being left lying in urine for two hours on a trolley, it has emerged.

Mark Wright, 39, was shocked when the nurse refused to listen to his concerns and started screaming abuse at him in front of other patients at Weston General Hospital, in Somerset.

He had been admitted to the hospital after suffering severe chest pains, but was left on a trolley for two hours before being moved to a general ward for tests.