Patient waits in hospital for 9 years

Monday, 15 March 2010

A patient ready to be discharged from hospital had to wait nine years before finally being able to leave.

The man, with complex care needs, was admitted after suffering a stroke and needed to move to a nursing home.

The length of time he spent waiting in hospital was revealed after by the Manchester Evening News.

The man was admitted to Fairfield Hospital in Bury in July 1999. He was finally discharged and moved to a home in 2008.

It is understood staff from the hospital and local authority had tried to help his family find him alternative accommodation.

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