Ecoli advice needed

50420 · 14-11-2011, 20:32

Hi all, another long time no post, but in fairness the twins take up a lot of our time

Anyways, one of our boys has a severely dilated kidney and 2 days after a scan, involving having a catheta inserted down his private and an injection of dye, then a scan to view the flow of dye, he became severely ill Two days later and was admitted into hospital and spent the week there, coming out last Thursday.

Today we had an appointment with the consultant regarding the outcome of the scan, and we're told that his illness afterwards was Ecoli!!!!!! And the hospital, nurses, doctors and consultant were aware of this 48hrs after being admitted into hospital. Is there any reason anyone knows of why we weren't informed. All the hospital staff used surgical gloves when dealing with our boys nappies (prior to the 48hrs they didnt) although we were changing the nappies and handing them over to be weighed, without gloves, we were also allowed to use the "family" facilities used by other parents at the hospital.

Is this normal. Btw, the consultant today, although mentioning that our boy had a significant Ecoli infection, she , for want of better words, brushed it under the carpet, avoiding any discussion or questions we asked.

We've racked our brains with this and the only conclusion we can come up with is that the infection was caught from the catheta (the consultant who did this scan mentioned that an infection, due to the procedure was possible)

Not sure what we're looking for really, but any advice, information would be sincerely appreciated.... Please feel free to let us know if any more information is needed.

Tia

tizmeinnit · 14-11-2011, 21:34

tell them firmly if they do not answer your questions then you will be making a formal complaint about the issue. That should be enough to give them a shake. From what you have said their actions have left you in a position of being able to spread the infection

50420 · 23-11-2011, 12:47

just a quick update on this.

The hospital where our boy had the procedure involving the catheta is the one thats been making headlines on the welsh news (to name just one..) over the last day or two.

We've since spoken to the hospital and our consultant and theyve refused to let us know what strain of Ecoli our boy was infected with !!!!! We dont want to attach blame to anyone, we're not looking for any recompense, of any kind, we just want to know what our child was suffering from and wether its safe for him back at that hospital!!