Llanelli woman recounts harrowing story of how partner survived serious injury thanks to MIU services at Prince Philip Hospital

A LLANELLI woman says her partner would have bled to death if Prince Philip Hospital’s minor injuries unit had not been open after an eight-inch shard of glass pierced his back.

Rachel Beckett’s partner Dwayne suffered a deep wound when he fell through a glass greenhouse.
The injury was squirting blood and Rachel attempted to dress it but blood continued to pour from it after she pulled the glass shard from the wound.
”When Dwayne fell through the greenhouse there was only a bit of the glass protruding out. I thought it was only a little bit so I pulled it out to dress the wound and discovered this eight-inch piece of glass that was as sharp as a knife,” said Rachel, of Coedcae Road, Llanelli.
“I tried unsuccessfully to stem the flow but it quickly became obvious I would have to get Dwayne to hospital by car or he was going to die,” she added.
Rachel raced to the minor injuries unit at Prince Philip Hospital. She said: “If the unit had not been open Dwayner would have lost too much blood and he would not be alive today.”
Dwayne Jones, aged 52, of Dyffryn Road, Ammanford, said: “When the nurse removed the dressing blood squirted up her front and up her neck.
“They were shouting for the doctor to come. He arrived and put his fingers in the wound to stop the blood. Eventually they stitched me up.”
Rachel blasted Hywel Dda University Health Board’s decision to shut the minor injuries unit from 8pm to 8am.
“The accident and emergency department shouldn’t have been taken away. If anything that should be brought back due to the bottlenecks at Glangwili in Carmarthen and Morriston Hospital, Swansea.
“People are having to wait hours for ambulances and a journey of that distance isn’t always possible. What about people who haven’t got cars? The decision that they’re now going to cut the minor injuries unit’s hours for six months is just crazy.”

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