'I was left lying in my own urine'
A 73-year-old patient has said he was neglected at an NHS hospital and left to cry for help in "excruciating pain" during an ordeal that lasted months.
Martin Wild was admitted to Salford Royal last year due to a spinal infection and claims he was denied pain relief and left lying in his own urine.
Consultant Glyn Smurthwaite said Martin was "the most neglected acute patient I have ever seen".
The trust that runs the hospital has apologised for failings in his care.
Mr Wild came home from Salford Royal Hospital in January after an eight-month stay because of an infection following a private spinal operation.
He said he was forced to phone 999 from his hospital bed when first admitted to the acute medical ward in May 2023 after struggling to get staff to give him pain relief and his Parkinson's medication.
"I was left on my own in excruciating pain, with little pain relief, and I was laying on this bed for over a week before I saw a consultant."
Mr Wild was discharged despite warning staff he was not well enough and no one could look after him at home, and ended up being readmitted days later via A&E.
He said his poor care continued during his second stay, and Mr Wild recalled that he was shaking so much in pain that he knocked bottles of urine on to his bed after they had been left on the table with his food.
Mr Wild was left lying in the urine-soaked sheets for hours before they were changed.
Source: BBC News, 3 March 2023