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I went to A and E at 2.20 am as was unable to swallow at all. No water, my spittle or food. There were only 4 people ahead of me; foot and leg issues were 2 of them . I was still not seen by 6 am and there seemed no air of efficiency or urgency. The one doctor I saw seemed to taking over 40 mins per patient. I sat in the waiting room feeling so I unwell it was obvious to triage that someone needed to just spend 5 minutes looking in my mouth and send me away with pain killers or antibiotics. I was scared because I could not swallow and said this to triage as when I tried to sleep I kept jolting awake as my throat was closing that’s why I came to A and E
Finally it should have been my turn but no one came back into reception for an hour and a half and by this time I was dehydrated, cold and no longer able to sit there so I left broken hearted by what I have always regarded as a wonderful service.
I don’t think they were in undated with ambulances and the continued laughing and so forth I could hear from behind the doors did not make believe there was any urgency to see people quickly and efficiently who had waited almost all night.
I cut my holiday short to uk flew back to Guernsey and revived treatment there the next morning