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"Broken ankle"

About: Adult Health Services / District Nursing Royal Alexandra Hospital / General Surgery (wards 19, 20, 24, 26 &29) Royal Alexandra Hospital / Trauma & orthopaedics (wards 21-23)

(as a service user),

On the day of a big storm I went outdoors to investigate how much damage was done to my roof from an embankment at the rear end of my garden. On the  way back down l slipped and broke my ankle.

l was took by ambulance to the Royal Alexander in Paisley,  where l had surgery. l needed a metal plate and 11 pins to fix it. l am grateful to the skill of the surgical team and nurses for all what they did for me that day.

When l got out of hospital I was cared for by the team of Gourock district nurses who attended me at my home to change my wound dressings twice a week. Their care and compassion was second to none and I am extremely grateful to them and the NHS.

l am now back to full health and fitness and grateful to all those in our amazing NHS.  

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