Son injured foot in November 2023, attended Wishaw for X-ray and told no break. Further injury in March resulted in 2nd X-ray and sent away with no confirmed break.
Called by hospital a couple days later and advised to attend fracture clinic the following week. On attending told stress fracture to navicular bone had been missed in November and should have been pinned. Bone had now broken clean in 2 and bone graft now required from heal to join the bone.
Crutches and protective boot given and advised would be contacted about surgery potentially as early as next day. Call didn’t come but was called to schedule surgery on Friday. No confirmation call the night before but advised on Friday surgery was off but scheduled for Saturday. Contacted the night before and told surgery postponed to Sunday. Contacted night before and surgery cancelled with no date provided. Reason given was volume outstripped capacity.
Questioned why not being treated as priority given initial misdiagnosis was the reason for trauma surgery requirement, no reason given.
Feels like we have been put off list due to having audacity to question decision making and son now left with serious injury, no date for surgery and risk of impacting on his ability to study and sit higher exams. Hospital did not cause injury but misdiagnosis and lack of service delivery could have life impacting consequences.
Should be acknowledged that on visit to fracture clinic service was first class. What went before and has come since has been failure.
"Misdiagnosis and Poor Service Delivery"
About: University Hospital Wishaw / Trauma & orthopaedics University Hospital Wishaw Trauma & orthopaedics ML2 0DP
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