Husband cares for wife in hospital - Norfolk News - EDP24: "A retired nurse has been forced to take care of his sick partner in one of the county's hospitals because he claims staff are too busy to treat her condition adequately.
Alan Herbert, 61, has been caring for Susan Goodwin at the James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston for more than a month as she suffers from a degenerative lung condition which needs round-the-clock, specific care.
He stepped in to care for her after she had been in hospital for several months - and was allowed by hospital staff - because he believed she was not getting the specialist care she needed as the hospital was so busy.
He said he felt his 49-year-old partner was 'better off' being looked after by him.
Hospital bosses admitted they were 'very busy' at the moment and for the past nine out of 14 days the hospital had been on its highest alert status of black which means it is under incredible pressure.
Mr Herbert said: 'The staff are so busy at that hospital it is unbelievable. I am not knocking them because most of them do a great job but I am concerned patients' lives are being put at risk because there is just not enough staff or money in the NHS at the moment."
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