Top Glasgow lawyer Aamer Anwar took to social media to criticise the hospital treatment of his 82-year-old father.
In a heartbreaking post on Twitter, the lawyer said his father had nearly died due to a fall and was hospitalised in Liverpool.
The 82-year-old with dementia was reportedly left alone for hours in "in his urine and faeces" in the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
Aamer Anwar's 71-year-old mother was forced to clean and feed him on her own without any help from hospital staff or auxiliaries.
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The University of Glasgow rector also confirmed on social media that the fall had resulted in two broken bones in the 82-year-old's pelvis.
Heartbroken my 82 year old father suffering from dementia, almost died from fall,in #RoyalLiverpool left for hours in his urine & faeces,my 71 year old mother having to clean & feed him, no basic hygiene! whilst auxiliaries ignored or watch #NHS @LivHospitals 💔 pic.twitter.com/zSoYOLBXAI
— Aamer Anwar🎗✊🏽 (@AamerAnwar) February 15, 2020
Shocked by the conditions, people responded to the post calling the incident "unacceptable".
One Twitter user said: "This is awful. No excuse for someone who has fallen to be left for hours like this, or for family to have to wash them."
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