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"I’m sick of being disrespected"

About: Bradford Royal Infirmary / Accident and emergency

I rang 111 on 11/9/18 who asked questions about my pain and symptoms who then sent a ambulance due to my chest pain and leg pain. The ambulance people then listened to my symptoms and as always where more than helpful they gave me gas and air and took me to a&e I was them put in reception then was taken to the wrong department but finally taken to a bay. I explained my chronic illness and pain and test results in great detail to each nurse and doctor they did a urine and ecg and I was told it showed the same abnormality which has shown on results before, they did my observations and I waited for pain relief they did urine which I was told was fine but when asked to see the results I was told I had to write for the hospital again, I had a friend with me most of the day but when he left the doctor came in to tell me there was nothing they could do for me. I then explained again why I was there that I had only had blood tests and urine and no other tests for my chronic pain and swelling and infections they then sent a male doctor who was very rude he then made me feel inappropriate about my pain and basically made it clear he didn’t like me. He prodded my leg and made me cry and and tutted when I was crying after him trying to bend my leg when I told him I couldn’t and to ‘cover myself up, I then sat there in tears from pain, after a while a person came and said I was going to the results unit, part of a&e. I was then told to sit in a chair and wait the nurse said they were doing a test and if that was fine there is nothing else to do.

I sat and waited in pain until the doctor called me in a side room. I could tell by his attitude he didn’t want to help, he told me all my tests where fine I asked to see the tests and I was told no I had to go to the GP I was crying when frustration as I had only gone to the hospital because the pain was more then I could bare. I’m sick of being told I would be respected and then when I go for help soon as my friend leaves I’m told I’m fine. I’m not fine I have chronic pain everyday and none stop infections why does the NHS advertise how important it is to go to the hospital if you have the symptoms of

Sepsis but when you go they are unwilling to do any sort of investigation? I won’t visit Bradford again and will try to go to another hospital willing to help me disgusted wit the treatment I’ve had over the past three years

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