{"id":3636,"date":"2025-09-05T12:10:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T12:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/3636\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T12:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T12:10:07","slug":"west-suffolk-nhs-hospital-warning-for-life-saving-medication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/3636\/","title":{"rendered":"West Suffolk NHS hospital warning for life-saving medication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (WSFT) is reminding people who rely on time-critical medicines, such as those for Parkinson\u2019s, diabetes and epilepsy, to bring them to the hospital or notify staff immediately upon arrival.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ed Kirkham, a paediatric radiographer practitioner at the trust who has Parkinson\u2019s, explained the importance of timely medication.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"Ed Kirkham \" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Ed Kirkham (Image: Supplied) Mr Kirkham said: &#8220;For people like me, timing is everything when it comes to medication.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;If I don\u2019t take my Parkinson\u2019s medication within 30 minutes of when they are due, I can become stiff, slow and find it hard to move or speak.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It\u2019s critical these medications are taken at the correct time and not delayed.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"Ed Kirkham with equipment \" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Ed Kirkham with equipment (Image: Supplied) Time-critical medicines must be taken at specific times to manage symptoms and prevent complications.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Missing doses can result in serious health risks.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dr Adi Maddali, a consultant in the trust\u2019s emergency department, said: &#8220;If you take time-critical medicines, like those for epilepsy or Parkinson\u2019s, please let us know as soon as you arrive at the emergency department.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (WSFT) is reminding people who rely on time-critical medicines, such as those for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[134,524,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-3636","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-medication","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}