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"Two ablations"

About: Eastbourne District General Hospital / Cardiology

The first ablation i had the local anaesthetic did not work and left me in pain and i squirmed under the agony. They added three lots more of it before saying the abaltion was a success and included a ecg print off how i was in sinus rythum which quickly turned out not to be the case. I was told i could go back to work after two days, but ended up in A&E instead where i spent a further 4 days. Lack of any aftercare on the first op and the second op looks to be the same. This time i was put under General and thankfully didnt feel the pain. I was told the op was a success (a\gain) and that (again) i could go back to work after two days and after 5 days i could lift heavy items etc. Well here i am two weeks on with bouts of AF unable to work with a contact us in 4 months afterservice. Shocking care if it is that at all. I was told i would go in for mapping origionally and that they would use the cold freeze version rather than the burn/heat treatment. This changed on the day and i feel if this had of been mapped propperly i would be well now. It's not good enough.

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Response from Eastbourne District General Hospital 6 years ago
Eastbourne District General Hospital
Submitted on 23/08/2017 at 10:20
Published on nhs.uk on 24/08/2017 at 04:11


We are deeply concerned to read your concerns about the care you received from cardiology services at Eastbourne DGH. We would like to apologise for the fact that your experience was poor.

Please be assured we take you concerns seriously. The service manager for cardiology would like an opportunity to speak with you, to gather more information that will enable them to look into your individual case and feedback to you.

If you would like to do this please contact our Patient Advice & Liaison Service (PALS) on 01323 435886 or by email at esh-tr.PALSE@nhs.net. PALS will organise this communication.

We hope you feel able to make contact with us at your earliest convenience.

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