Olivia Fulton ended up in A&E with asthma attacks trying to get past smokers at the front of the hospital where she worked and says new anti smoking laws are not being enforced.
A nurse forced to quit her job because smokers at the hospital entrance triggered her asthma has hit out at the failure to enforce a ban.
She said: “It was summer and the windows were open and someone was smoking outside. I ended up in critical care because I had an asthma attack with it. It was ridiculous.” Smoking still causes her problems when she attends hospitals. She had to go to St John’s in Livingston for treatment to an unrelated stomach issue.
The law means anyone smoking within 15 metres of a hospital building could face a fixed penalty notice of £50 or a fine of up to £1000 if the case goes to court. Labour’s health spokeswoman Jackie Baillie said: “It is good we do not have smoking in hospital grounds but it needs to be enforced and this is something, alongside managing traffic and parking we would expect hospitals to do.”
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