I visited a hospital a few years ago with a Broken Ankle I substained by falling over.
They did not X-ray my ankle, they just slapped a cast on, gave me a dirty second hand cast shoe that one side was completely warn away from and told me to come back in a month.
when I returned they took the cast off and dispite my complaints that my ankle still was causing me considerable pain to put any weight on it they said it was fine and sent me away.
within 1 week of this I returned to the hospital and complained further that my ankle was still causing me great pain and didnt feel like it had heeled.
Again they refused to look at my ankle stating they had already fixed it.
I visited my GP over ten times complaining that my ankle was not right, he sent me for over 5 X-rays and said everyone was fine which I could not beleive?
I have now moved to another GP and within one minute of looking at my ankle he Instantly sent me to an orthapeadic triage who confirmed my ankle had NEVER been fixed!
Subsequently I had been forced to walk on a broken ankle for years as every complaint I made was ignored.
This caused my Fibula which was in 2 seperate parts to grind together with every single step I took over these years which wore away my Fibula, as well as constantly clicking to either side of the seperate broken bone, which ment I have now had to have Re-constructive surgery on my ankle as the bone had wore away and my foot was slanted they had to take bone out of my hip to replace the gap and then put steel rods through my ankle as it had been badly damaged buy me being forced to walk on it.
(I have since been informed that allthough the appointments of my X-rays are on record, NOT ONE of them can be found????? )
I have it IN WRITING from my current hospital that I will now suffer from this problem for the rest of my life and can expect further ailments due to this problem.
I was in Full-Time Employment as a foreman at the time of the break and have not been able to even wear shoes since.
anything other than backles trainers will not go on my foot due to the mishape of my ankle.
Am I right in thinking I am owed a LOT OF MONEY for this life changing mistake?
for Loss of Earnings and Pain and suffering for the years I was forced to walk on a broken ankle causing LIFELONG PROBLEMS.
(I am not private as this is not an option for me, it was NHS)
Hero of Bosnia
this is what happens when you take away the incentive to provide good care
you should be a millionare but i dont think you can sue NHS?
livin life
Who are u going to sue? the 5 or 6+ doctors, your GP and all the radiologist who red your x rays?
Will the money make it better, will it heal the ankle? Doctors, nurses and all of us are human, and we make mistakes...its a shame it happened but if that many differant people felt it was OK, then there must be more to this than you state. Was this break some oddball break? and who can guarentee that even if it was fixed from day 1 that you wouldnt be having these problems anyway. All breaks cause calcium build ups on the bone area and can casue deormity problems.
Orignal From: Do I have a Medical negligence claim? ( Incompetence of the the NHS )?
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