Grateful for Care of Dying Sister

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I Have read the recent articles regarding the quality of care at the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary and I feel desperately sorry for the families concerned at a time of very great sadness. Recently I too have been in a similar situation but have come away from the DRI with a very different point of view.

On May 1, my sister, Pat, was diagnosed with terminal cancer and four days later she suffered a stroke. Having spent a week in the acute stroke unit at the DRI she was transferred to Ward 47 in the rehabilitation unit. What started out hopefully as a period of rehabilitation from the effects of the stroke very soon became a period of palliative care as the effects of the cancer took their toll and my sister passed away on June 30. It was all very quick and very distressing to us both.

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Grateful for Care of Dying Sister

During her stay in the DRI, we were both overwhel...

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