BANNED FROM MY DYING MUM'S HOSPITAL BEDSIDE; Daughter's anger at staff.Byline: BY JAN DISLEY ALL Margaret Hudson wanted was to spend the night at the bedside of her dying 107-year-old mum. But hospital staff told her to go home and by the time Margaret returned the next day, her mother Sarah was unconscious unconscious, in psychology, that aspect of mental life that is separate from immediate consciousness and is not subject to recall at will. Sigmund Freud regarded the unconscious as a submerged but vast portion of the mind. . She died minutes later. Margaret, 75, said: "I wasn't allowed to have a last night together with my mother. I was in tears. You could see that she was deteriorating de·te·ri·o·rate v. de·te·ri·o·rat·ed, de·te·ri·o·rat·ing, de·te·ri·o·rates v.tr. To diminish or impair in quality, character, or value: . Surely that's all the more reason to be allowed to stop with her. There was a waiting room just next door but I couldn't even stay in there. "I even offered to pay for a private room. When I got to the hospital the next day a patient told me she had been shouting for me in the night." Margaret's brother Matty, 80, from Jarrow, asked: "Did she fret herself to death? My sister's voice was very important to her." South Tyneside South Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear in North East England. It is bordered by four other boroughs - Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead to the west, Sunderland in the south, and North Tyneside to the north. Hospital said: "The lady should have been allowed to stay. "We have apologised." CAPTION(S): CLOSE Margaret and mum |
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