To Whom It May Concern (Medical Negligence from the NHS) Five years ago I was seriously overcome with sciatica and was unable to walk for several months. After waiting for and seeing various doctors I was told I did not need an operation and to exercise. My level of pain has been up and down ever since and I have spent many hundreds of pounds on just about every other kind of treatment available outside the NHS. Last spring (May, 2010), I was again seriously stricken with sciatica and my life once more came to a complete halt. I was once again unable to work, walk and function. I contacted the NHS, waited weeks and months just to speak with different staff from different branches and hospitals. I was finally given an MRI scan in Glasgow on September 15th, 2010, already enduring 4 months of agony. I was told to wait for an appointment to talk with Dr ******, a surgeon in Glasgow, which was finally given for Dec 5th, 2010 another 3 months of daily pain and suffering, and then as a final insult, changed without informing me to January 18th, 2011, an additional month and a half of unacceptable waiting time. The whole time I was stuck at home in constant agony, unable to work, walk or go any where; my entire life put on a complete halt. My complaint is of a profound and complete negligence of the NHS. I am now on MONTH SEVEN of being in serious pain, not working, offered nothing but various pain killers from GP's and the vague possibility of surgery which never seemed to ... Video Rating: 0 / 5
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