Glasgow Royal Infirmary

HC Deb 15 June 1994 vol 244 c605W

Mrs. Fyfe

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the outcome for each one of the patients for whom an intensive care unit bed at Glasgow royal infirmary was requested on 29 January at a time when all five intensive care beds were full.

Mr. Stewart

The outcome for each of the six patients for whom a request for an intensive care bed was made was as follows:

• First patient —transferred from the burns unit, Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GRI), to the intensive care unit, Western Infirmary, Glasgow.
• Second patient—transferred from emergency theatre, GRI, to the intensive care unit, Southern General, Glasgow.
• Third patient —following discussion between the referring consultant and the consultant in charge of intensive care, patient remained in the geriatric assessment unit, GRI.
• Fourth patient —tranferred from Inverclyde hospital to the intensive care unit, Southern General, Glasgow.
• Fifth patient —underwent emergency surgery at GRI but died in theatre.
• Sixth patient —remained in the medical receiving unit, GRI.