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First name
Dorit
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Last name
Young
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Supporting patient safety issues in my campaign TruthForGaia
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TruthForGaia
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Activist
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Content ArticleThis is my story, as a bereaved mother, about lessons I have learnt following the unexpected death of my previously well 25-year-old daughter Gaia in University College Hospital London (UCLH) in July 2021. I have written 11 patient safety lessons in the hope this helps other families be more assertive if they have a critically sick relative in hospital. Believe me, you must be pushy to be allowed into a hospital ward, even more so ITU. I went to visit my critically sick daughter at around 10am on a Sunday morning, but was not allowed on to the ward. A senior nurse told me to GO HOME using the 'Covid' excuse. I was shut out from the bedside of my critically ill only child. I have set up TruthForGaia.com to share learnings more widely. Please take a look. I hope sharing this may contribute to reducing avoidable deaths from brain conditions which can be only too easily assumed to be intoxication, especially on weekends. I believe raised intracranial pressure (high pressure in the skull) needs more awareness and training. When will UCLH hold a medical grand round on my daughter's case?
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