I am writing primarily to complain about the cancellation of my prostate surgery in November due to equipment not being cleaned.
A couple days prior to my appointment, the time was changed from 7am to 10am. I arrived at 10am, saw the nurse, anaesthetist and surgeon; had blood tests taken and was ready to go to surgery when the surgeon came to me at 2pm and told me they would have to cancel the operation since the necessary equipment had not been cleaned.
My partner had two needless round trips of 60 miles to take me in to hospital and collect me, costing £38 for diesel fuel.
I had also put my dog into kennels for 6 days whilst I had my surgery and recovery, costing £90
I have had unnecessary stress getting ready mentally for this surgery, and now it's been re-booked for 3 weeks time, I've now got another 3 weeks of stress plus the cost of travel and kennels again costing £128.
I am a 70+ old pensioner who finds their pension only goes so far how am I supposed to get the money to pay for these expenses.
All this on top of the fact that I have been waiting since January 2021 for the surgery, and since January 2022 when I had my pre-op assessment.
I am disgusted with the way I have been treated, the surgeon was most apologetic, they are the only person that has spoken to me about this, no other apology or recompense offered.
"Prostate Surgery Cancellation"
About: Aberdeen Royal Infirmary / Urology (Bladder and Urinary problems) Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Urology (Bladder and Urinary problems) AB25 2ZN
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