Heartbreaking! 2-year-old Forced to Sleep on Cold Hospital Floor for 8Hours Despite Many Empty Beds (Photos)

 

A dubious hospital policy nearly ruined the life of a toddler who waited EIGHT hours to be seen by a doctor had to sleep on a hospital floor despite being surrounded by empty beds.

 

The young Isabella Dalton, two, was rushed to hospital by her mum Jessica with an ear infection and tonsilitis after her temperature rocketed. But despite arriving at the Royal Preston Hospital, Lancs, at 11pm, she was not seen until 7am the next day. And because she had not been seen by a doc, little Isabella could not be given a hospital bed, even though she was surrounded by 12 empty ones.

 

 

Mum Jessica, 22, of Chorley, Lancs, was left furious after the tot was forced to sleep on the floor.

 

She said: “Isabella slept on the cold, hard floor in the waiting room surrounded by empty beds. Either side of the waiting room were rooms with around a dozen beds in. We could see them every time the doors opened. But I asked time and time again whether she could have one to make her more comfortable and they just kept telling me she couldn’t leave the waiting room until she had been seen.

 

 

Isabella was finally given antibiotics to bring her temperature down and is now waiting for a tonsillectomy at Manchester Children’s Hospital.

 

Her mum plans to make a formal complaint to hospital management.