Hi all,
you may have seen my post 3 months ago about my brother in law breaking his arm quite badly and how his surgery kept getting delayed and was given inadequate pain killers to take until his surgery. Well it's been 3 months now and I'm feeling so bad for him, the government has really messed up the NHS and he's going to a neighbouring country for help.. He met with the head of ophthalmology today at a private medical centre (in desperation) who took some tests and had a look at his X-ray. The NHS doctors didn't believe that the infection has reached his bone even though it's had an abscess for a month and he's in so much pain. The ophthalmologists today has confirmed that the infection has infact reached his bone and he needs an operation as soon as possible. He also took a look at the X-rays taken after the surgery where he proceeded to let my brother in law know that the surgery performed was one of the worst he's seen, the platinum is leaving too much gaps in his bone and they had used way too many screws, his arm is absolutely not healing and he's just gone through so much with the NHS. Now a week ago he was visiting his mother in a neighbouring European country where he has dual nationality so he went to the hospital there to get checked. They said he needed an emergency operation firstly to sort out the infection in the bone and to replace the metal used in his arm. Yesterday he received 7 phone calls from the hospital there begging him to come in for an operation. They also instructed him to come in now for a blood test, and said if he couldn't come in they'd send a nurse to his house to take the bloods, but he isn't in the country so couldn't do that. He called his NHS doctor here who said IF you have a bone infection the closest operation date they have is Atleast 3 weeks away, and he has an appointment next week to determine whether the infection has reached the bone after BIL had a massive go at them. Other country dr said they'd be looking at a potential amputation if he left it that long. So, BIL is travelling tonight for his first operation tomorrow in said european country.
AIBU for fuming at the government and the NHS?