Re: fallodon nursing home
Posted: Sun 06 Dec, 2020 11:51 pm
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Anyone know what happened to records?
Anyone know what happened to records?
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Herdy, if it was owned by the Lightning family then, I saw a lot of the records of the various hospitals. I know they were destroyed in a fire, whether deliberate to destroy evidence or not, I don't know. I DO know that a lot of didgy stuff went on there. I was the poor kid that had to answer the phones to the many poor souls that were trying to get answers and I was told "Put them on hold until they go away".Herdy wrote: ↑Sun 06 Dec, 2020 10:14 pmI too had a termination in May 1981 at 21 weeks, they told me it was a boy. The whole procedure was horrendous and no aftercare or counselling from here. They did not tell me I would likely leak milk which I did and had to go to my own GP as they did not want to know when I phoned them, just said to go to my own Dr. I had problem smears for many years afterwards resulting in a colcoscopy and loop diathermy. Sadly never had any children and often wonder if it was due to the termination.
Would there be any records from that time and if so do you know where they may be held? many thanks
Hi, please get in touch if you see this. I worked for "Lightning" too (At head office we didn't use his first name). I was terrified of him.gillsiwillsi wrote: ↑Thu 20 Feb, 2020 4:35 pmHi! I appreciate the original post is now years old, but I have only just found it. I worked there, for a while in the 1980s, when it was a private abortion clinic. In fact, I actually had a termination there myself!
Wasn't surprised to discover it had been closed down due to medical negligence, since I was aware of several surgical mistakes during my employment as a clerical assistant.
I found this forum whilst googling, out of curiosity, one of the staff members. Apparently the managing director - Dr (non-medical) Godfrey Lightning (referred to as God by the staff, because of his notable megalomania) was convicted on child pornography charges in 2012.
Happy to try and answer any more questions.