Rachel's Story - Episode 5

This is Episode 5 of Rachel's Story, part of Mencap's Treat me well campaign. Transcript: Announcer: You are now listening to Episode 5 of Rachel’s story, part of Mencap’s Treat me well campaign . Every episode of Rachel’s story is based on real experiences of people with a learning disability who have been to hospital. If you haven’t listened to previous episodes, please go back to Episode 1 to hear Rachel’s story from the beginning. Rachel: Sometimes, hospitals can be so big. I felt like I was running for ages. Finally, my dad ran found me. He helped me calm down. Some of the doctors tried to find me. They told my dad I needed a scan now. They needed to know what was making my stomach hurt. I told them I was afraid of little places. Med Professional: We can definitely do a different kind of scan if a CT scan isn’t possible. They did an X-Ray instead. I told the person on the X-Ray that I have a learning disability. They said their brother had a learning disability too. They walked me through the X-Ray. They told me about each step. They helped me understand what the X-Ray does. It only took a little bit of extra time, but I felt so much better. Med Professional: We’ll put you on this table, Rachel. Then we’ll put this heavy blanket over you because X-Rays can be bad for your health if you are around them a lot. I’ll stand behind there and push the button and then it’ll be done. After the X-Ray, another doctor said there was something wrong. I needed to have surgery right now. My dad was very unhappy. He wanted to make a complaint. I have gone home without no test. The medicine they had first given me wasn’t good for me to take. I didn’t want to make a fuss but Dad was right. Announcer: This is the end of Episode 5. Rachel’s story is a combination of experiences that real people with a learning disability have had in hospital. Rachel’s experiences in this episode are based on Angus’ story. To read Angus’ story and to find out more about Treat me well, our campaign for better hospital care, please visit . Sign up to campaign emails on the website to get the next episode. Thank you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Rachel's Story - Episode 5 is an episode from Rachel's Story - Treat me well by Royal Mencap Society.

This episode is 2:45 long.

This episode was published on Aug 22, 2018.

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