His manager, Aaron Klee, said it was not known when his client would be discharged from hospital.

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He was well enough to tweet to his 540, 000 followers that he hoped to be discharged from hospital on Tuesday.

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They wait to get an appointment with their GP, they wait for a hospital appointment, they even wait to be discharged from hospital.

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Under the order, he can only be discharged from hospital with the consent of the justice secretary or by a Mental Health Tribunal.

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"Pietersen will be discharged from hospital tomorrow after experiencing a complication of the wound made during surgery on his injured right Achilles two and a half weeks ago, " the ECB said in a statement on Tuesday.

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"There has got to be an entire system review of why it is ambulances are held, why hospitals can't clear people through the emergency department and it will probably be looking at why people can't be discharged from hospital when they are ready to be discharged, " he told BBC Radio Wales.

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"In general we have 50 to 60 patients in both hospitals who are fit to be discharged from the hospital and are waiting some aspect of social care, " she said.

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"The donating mothers are up and walking and will be discharged from the hospital within a few days, " said Mats Brannstrom, a professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the university.

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Patients are discharged from hospital and can be left isolated with no social care support.

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