An epileptic hospital patient was forced to sleep on the floor for four weeks while he was waiting to have a scan on his brain . Michael Collins was kept in a receiving ward , normally for short stays of no more than two days , after being admitted to the Royal Infirmary in Glasgow . He hit his head during an epileptic seizure , making him prone to violent outbursts - so hospital staff removed his bed from the room and made him sleep on a mattress on the floor . It took three weeks before Mr Collins , 54 , was given a chair , and though he has now moved to another hospital he is still waiting for an MRI scan six weeks after the accident . Hospital : Michael Collins had to spend four weeks in a room without a bed while waiting for a scan . Relatives of the former roofer , from Glasgow , are desperate to find out what is wrong with him , but until he has the scan - which will take around 45 minutes - they are still in the dark . His partner Suzanne Brown , 50 , said : 'We took him to A & E at the Royal and he was kept in overnight . 'He had another fit the next morning so they kept him in for another few days . But a couple of days later he walked out of the hospital at 3.30am . 'He threw all his medication away and walked out dressed only in his slippers , pyjamas and housecoat . 'Clearly , mentally he was not right . Before he banged his head he was fine . He had no mental health issues whatsoever . ' Precaution : Mr Collins had to sleep on a mattress on the floor after he behaved violently . Waiting : He did not even get a chair in the room for his first three weeks in hospital . Ms Brown initially took Mr Collins to the GP after he hit his head , and was then referred to A & E . 'We waited seven hours in casualty , ' she said . 'Then he was put in a receiving ward . You are supposed to be there for a maximum of two days . 'He was supposed to be going to the Southern to get an MRI scan and a lumbar puncture but they cancelled his appointments three times . 'They 're sedating him because of his outburst in the waiting room but he 's not that kind of man . It 's terrible to see him like this . ' I know there is something wrong with his brain . If they would just give him the scan we could find out what is the matter with him . ' I thought they would at least have given him a bed with cot sides so he could n't get out or do himself an injury . A & E : Mr Collins spent four weeks at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary , pictured , before moving to another hospital . 'When he went in at first he was quite violent , throwing things about , so they took everything out of his room . 'He keeps going back to when he was a boy and still thinks his mum and dad are alive . ' Ms Brown praised the way doctors and nurses looked after Mr Collins before he was moved to the Southern General Hospital , but criticised the NHS for failing to treat him promptly . A spokesman for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said : 'The patient presented with extremely challenging behaviour and for his own protection and personal safety had to be nursed with only a mattress in his room . 'We accept there were delays in transferring him to the Southern General . We also accept a delay in providing the appropriate tests which need to be undertaken with specialist clinical input . 'These have now been arranged to be undertaken this week . '
Michael Collins hit his head during a fit and was admitted to hospital . He started behaving violently so had his bed taken away and replaced with a mattress on the floor . Mr Collins , his first three weeks , has now moved hospitals but is still waiting for MRI scan . In the meantime relatives have no explanation for his erratic behaviour .