A woman was horrified to find a used syringe full of liquid lying on top of a Peppa Pig book in a hospital toy box.
- Woman, 22, found a used syringe full of liquid in a hospital toy box
- She posted picture with a caption saying: ‘NHS at its ‘fucking finest’
- Syringe discovered on top of a Peppa pig book and surrounded by toys
- Bassetlaw Hospital said syringe had not been disposed properly by staff
The 22-year-old woman found a used syringe full of liquid lying on top of a Peppa Pig book in a hospital toy box after a member of staff did not dispose of it safely.
She posted a picture of the syringe surrounded by children’s toys with a caption saying ‘NHS at its ‘fucking finest’.
The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, said it was ‘shameful behaviour’ from Bassetlaw Hospital in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, and asked ‘how can anyone be so careless?’
Bosses at the hospital investigated the incident and admitted that a member of staff did not dispose of the syringe safely.
Atrocious standards of safety in an NHS hospital resulting in a syringe filled with some, to us, unidentified pharmaceutical product left in the play box on a children’s ward. It doesn’t often get worse than that!