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Health
Mark Smith

Hospital patient claims ward was 'dirty' and shares pictures of smeared walls

A patient was left horrified after being detained on a mental health ward with no soap, "questionable" dirt marks on walls, and bins overflowing with cigarettes.

Pictures and video footage captured by the patient appear to show Ward 14, a psychiatric inpatient ward at Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend, in a sorry state of repair.

As well as taking pictures of dirt-stained walls in their bedroom the patient also filmed the unit's "disgusting" courtyard littered with hundreds of cigarette butts - despite the fact it has been illegal to smoke on hospital grounds since March 1, 2021.

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