AN urgent investigation has been launched at Bradford Royal Infirmary in light of a patient's claim that her blood test results were mixed up with someone else’s.

Lynn Wood, from Allerton, has been left distressed by her ordeal, which began when she went into hospital for an operation on her foot.

The 63-year-old was set to return home and was just about to leave the hospital when she received an urgent message that her bloods were “abnormal”.

Mrs Wood said: “I woke up on the Wednesday morning feeling unwell and they did some blood tests to see what was going on.

“The blood results came back normal.”

She was discharged to recover at home and added: “My husband came to pick me up in the evening and the ward was ringing me as we’re downstairs.

“The nurse appeared at the side of me, she said ‘you’ve got to come back’. I said ‘why?’.

“She said the bloods have come back abnormal.”

Mrs Wood was taken back up to the ward, where medics were waiting to put her on a saline drip amid concerns she was either dehydrated or had a kidney injury.

“I was shocked as they said I was ok to go home,” Mrs Wood said and added that she woke up at 1.30am with a swollen arm and a rash, which she claimed was a result of phlebitis – when a vein becomes inflamed.

“I shouldn’t have had the treatment, they weren’t my results,” she said.

Mrs Wood added: “Next morning, they were asking about second bloods, I said ‘you only took one’ - alarm bells started ringing - so they took bloods again the next day and they were normal, I said ‘how can they have gone from abnormal to normal so soon?’.”

Mrs Wood was discharged and rang the Patient Advice and Liaison Service to lodge a complaint.

She said she was told the bloods were not hers and a full investigation would be carried out.

Mrs Wood said: “I just don’t want it to happen anyone else. I’m at home recovering with the extra worry on my mind.

“I was just so shocked. You don’t question it, they’re medical people.

“Where is this person whose bloods they are?”

Karen Dawber, Chief Nurse for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: “I would like to offer our sincere apologies to Ms Wood for the distress and inconvenience caused to her.

“Patient safety is an absolute priority for the Trust and we are urgently investigating this incident and will share the findings with Ms Wood as soon as this is concluded.”

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