Apology for mother who slept on hospital floor by son’s side

THE head of a children’s hospital has apologised to a mother who was only given a pillow and blanket when she spent the night by her sick child’s bedside.

Temple Street Children’s Hospital chief executive Paul Cunniffe said the hospital tried to provide parents with chairs and, in some wards, it was also the practice to provide mattresses on the floor beside the cot.

“We are sorry that the woman had to sleep on the floor,” he said yesterday.