What are our Hospitals coming to
 

There is no link to this thread as i has happen today.

I received a phone call today from my wife, A very good friend of ours was complaining of headaches last week and went to see his GP, who gave him strong painkillers, and arranged for a hospital appointment, for a brain scan.

He received a hospital appointment for two weeks time, two days after the GP appointment, he had no choice but to go to the nearest hospital with severe and they sent him home again with painkillers, no checks were made.

Thursday, the pains were getting much worse, and went back to the hospital and still the same happened - painkillers and sent home.

Friday, he called for an ambulance and he was taken to a major hospital and the same thing again, Yesterday, he collapsed at home with blood coming from his nose and throat and he was rushed by ambulance to another London hospital - he died in the Early hours of this morning.

Maybe if he had been given more care and tests done - he might have still been alive today:mad:

Am l angry at losing a very good friend of the family, BUT he went to THREE major hospitals, and they all sent him home with painkillers - why didn't they do thorough checks and they might have save his life.

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If it was me and I had a headache that merited a hospital visit I would demand a scan or some investigation. Sorry for the loss of your friend

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Sorry you have lost a good friend Arthur.

What annoys me about what you have just posted is that it sounds like there was no basic human care, forget the cuts and look at WHY one human being was not helped by another human being who is TRAINED to give that help. :shocked:

I am totally shocked over this

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There is the Hippocratic oath that States I shall do no Harm but plenty do by doing nothing they are harming others.

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When l told, l was in total shock, the poor guy was only 49 years old and married, and the frustrating thing about it was they didn't even give him tests or an x ray which would have shown up any problems.

Even his GP, didn't send him up to the hospital, the appointment was made via the Gp surgery. A GP can always check if a person has anything wrong with the head by shining a torch in the person eyes, and for some unknown reason a GP can tell if there is a problem.

I know from my daughter, who suffers migraine that you can get severe headaches, she takes tablets and it goes after a time, but this poor guy had a constant headache, and was told to take painkillers.

It brings back sad memories of my wife's very close friend, who had constant headaches for six months, and she was sent to various GPs for second opinions and several hospitals and eventually her husband sent her to a private GP, who found out within days that she had a Brain Tumour and she was seen, in hospital and treated withing days and is now recovering well.

I just simply cannot understand the medical profession.

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my condolences Arthur. this needs to be investigated. the family should ask for an explanation, the lot. difficult times I know but be sure its not dropped.

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I'm sorry to hear your sad news Arthur. :(

However after my recent experiences at my local hospital I am not at all surprised.

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My father died as a result of medical negligence. By the time I pulled myself together and tried to find the doctor responsible (not to sue but to get an acknowledgement of 'guilt' and an apology) the NHS told me that as it was longer than 6 months since the death there was no case to answer.
I couldn't be bothered to take it further as it wouldn't have brought him back anyway.....

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Thanks guys for that, A post mortem is being held tomorrow.

I have already past on information to the family of what they can do, legally. The sad part of it all is that the wife is grief stricken and has had to have medical help. But l have said that we are here is needed, as my wife's uncle passed away twenty years ago in 'identical situation'.

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My wifes uncle passed away after he was seen by FOUR Gps and TWO hospitals and told to take laxatives and he could pass number two.

He was found dead in his WC when police had to break in, it was found at the post mortem that he had a twisted bowl and it burst therefore poisoning his body.

The coroner said that IF the Gps and Hospitals had done a full medical on his, his death could have been prevented and he could have been cured.

The GP had sent Locums to check him and the hospital stated that he was seen by locums and that they were no longer practising, My wifes family had contacted solicitors who took on the case - but twelve months down the road, the solicitor stated that no one was at fault for his death and that the locums should undergo further training. It was one big cover up by the Medical profession.

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My sister had major back surgery in the mid 90s. She had suffered back pain since her teens, and her GP had continually fobbed her off with (at first) painkillers, then visits to the Chiropractor, then an osteopath (at our expense IIRC). No attempt was made at any time to investigate what was wrong.

Until one day when my mother saw that my sister was barely able to walk and took her to our local A&E. They x-rayed her and found a tumour at the base of her spine. After several tests, and an agonising wait, we were told that although the tumour was not malignant, it would need to be removed urgently as it was likely to damage her lungs.

Within 30 days she had an MRI and had been admitted to the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital.

The tumour was successfully removed within a couple of weeks after admission, but she was in hospital for four months recovering.

According to her consultant, the final cost to the NHS would be in the low millions. He also said had the tumour been caught early enough (IE had the GP been a little less scared to refer her), the operation required (had one been required as he thought there was a good chance she would have responded well to other forms of therapy) would not have been nearly as complicated, or traumatic and a lot less costly to the NHS.

I don't regret that they did the op (if they hadn't, I wouldn't have a sister), but I do regret that the GP didn't attempt to investigate the problem.

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I'm puzzled as to why the chiropractor didn't xray her either.:confused:

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The 'beloved' NHS doing what it does best.... giving people pain-killers and sending them home. Heard this so many times from so many people. Scans and thorough investigations are expensive,of course.
Since however the NHS operates on a wholly Socialist system where everybody gets the same level of treatment on a limited budget what Arthur and other's describe is exactly the expectation of what such a system can and will produce.

If we want better Healthcare we got to pay for it.... 5% of gross wages as an extra NHS levy,anyone?

Or additional private Healthcare?

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So were we..

I'll be honest. I think eventually the NHS came through spectacularly for us, but I don't understand why it took so long for them to do so. The extra money they spent on saving my sister because they didn't investigate the problem earlier could have paid for a lot of operations on a lot of people.

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That's exactly the point,not spending the money cause the budget only goes so far... which of course is expensive in the long run if you have to correct mistakes best avoided in the first place.