Well I do wonder why the "powers that be" think it'll be a good idea to send all the patients with not just heart problems, but also problems of another kind to my ward!! They don't know who they are, and in the case of the new resident last night, doesn't know why they're here, or even where "here" is!!!! The lady to my right is talking to someone - she keeps on calling out to "stop it" and "please take it off" "close to me" - ?????????????

I didn't have to shoot the lady who kept calling out to the staff, she was sent home. So in a way that meant I'd have peace and quiet after she went - er no!!!!! They brought in the lady who keeps spelling words, telling someone to stop it and to take it off. Then she talks about preparing a meal with someone!!! I wouldn't mind so much, but she shouts it out in the middle of the night.

As for the lady brought in last night - she'd had a fall and had cracked her head. The doctors discovered she'd got a weak heart, so brought her up to our ward. Well she woke up - not knowing who she was or why she was here.By 11pm she was determined to go home, but she assumed she was in a hotel and threatened to report them for not allowing her to go home. Despite the gentle words of Stewart (the nurse) who was trying to explain she'd fallen and had been brought in, in an ambulance, she was shouting out that she was never going to come here again, and apparently it wasn't fair to do this to an old woman. Well eventually another nurse had to intervene and take her out into a spare room to calm down. She's okay today - she said she had an accident and that's why she was here.

So a wonderful night was had by all - I'm so glad I brought in my "ThinkPad", because I was able to play a few games to cover all the noise. I was going to write all this last night as it happened, but the lights were off and I couldn't type as quickly as they were talking!!

I hope everyone is well, staying away from each other to get this virus under control. Please stay safe