My mother-in-law - who is in her 80s - was admitted to Dr Grays after a fall at home.
The hospital failed to diagnosis a fractured pelvis and failed to diagnose cancer in her hips. They discharged her as fit to go home to live alone with no services. She decided to stay with her daughter.
She was up all night in severe pain. My sister-in-law called her own GP in the morning, who felt that she should not have been discharged. The GP admitted her to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, orthopaedic department, who diagnosed the fractured pelvis and cancer in her hip joints. She has had both hips pinned electively as they were in danger of breaking.
"Diagnosis and discharge"
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