A pensioner was sent home from hospital with a cannula in her arm, barefoot and wearing open-backed NHS gown.
Lily Winfield, 77, of Stafford Avenue, Ward Green, was admitted to ward 20 at Barnsley Hospital last Wednesday after suffering a transient ischaemic attack or mini-stoke.
She was discharged on Saturday, but was sent home in an ambulance because her daughter, Joy Stafford, 43, who she lives with was at work.
Joy said the cannula, which was used for an intravenous drip, was still in her arm.
She added: "It's disgusting. I'm a carer myself and I always think 'what if that was me in that bed or chair? "How would I want to be treated?'
"You think they are in the best place for them (in the hospital) and this makes me not want to send her there any more."
Full story in this week's Chronicle.
