No peace of mind for this ‘trolley dolly’

YOUR recent editorial made me smile as it gave the impression that VHI customers have direct access to hospital beds, which is not the case.

Being one such customer for over 34 years I had reason to be admitted to A&E at the CUH in early December, joining the long queue of both public and private patients for beds before finally securing one 28 hours later.

Three days later, at 7pm, I was evicted (and I don’t use the term lightly — I dressed in a corridor while the new patient settled herself into my bed) by (and I quote my consultant’s registrar) “the bed management team as we need your bed for another patient and, as you live close by, you can always come back in through A&E, if the need arises.”