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Patient who spent two years in NHS bed 'wasn't offered proper accommodation'
A man who was recently evicted from an NHS bed that he had occupied for two years has revealed that he never wanted to stay in the first place.
Adriano Guedes, 63, arrived at the James Paget University Hospital in Norfolk in August 2014 and remained there until this year, despite being deemed “fit for discharge”.
However Mr Guedes said he never wanted to stay in the bed, insisting that he was simply never offered the right accommodation.
He told BBC Look East: ”I didn’t want to stay, and they forced me to stay.
“It’s very bad to occupy a place which should be used by someone in need, but I didn’t cause the situation.
“On the contrary – I tried to get out of there.”
He said he asked to be moved from hospital into a “wheelchair-friendly place” and to see a spinal specialist in London for his injuries.
He added: ”I wanted to leave, but they always offered what they knew I would refuse.”
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The hospital in Gorleston, near Great Yarmouth, said it launched legal action against the patient as a last resort.
A court of possession granted the order in December and he was removed on January 10 and placed in accommodation in the community.
Mr Guedes had been admitted to the hospital after having a stroke in 2014 and claimed that he had felt suicidal and went on hunger strike during his stay.
The hospital insisted he had been offered appropriate accommodation.
Anna Hills, the hospital’s director of governance, said: “Detailed planning took place which led to a successful discharge in this complex case.
“We were then able to discharge Mr Guedes into the care of the local authority and this completed our duty of care.”
Mr Guedes, who moved to the UK from Portugal to work as a union rep 15 years ago, is now living in a one-bedroom, ground floor council flat in Suffolk.
The Department for Health estimates the average daily cost of a hospital bed is £400, meaning his two-year stay would have cost around £340,000.
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