Hospital sent my Niece come with a broken wrist :O

[Boxiel]

this was in the paper a few days ago, (if you read teh evening post and live in bristol)
Heres the story :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/6066718.stm

Baby with broken wrist sent home

The parents of a 13-month-old baby have spoken of their anger after hospital staff failed to spot her wrist was broken in two places. Stephen *REMOVED*, 32, took his daughter Hollie-Redd to the A&E unit at Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, after she fell.
A senior doctor examined her and told Mr *REMOVED* and his wife Kay, 31, that Hollie-Redd was fine and could go home.
A Trust spokesman said she received a full clinical examination and no further treatment was required.
The couple from Kingswood took their daughter to their local GP the next day, who told them she may have a broken wrist.
She was screaming all night ...it was obvious she wasn't well


Stephen *REMOVED*, father.


Doctors at the city's Children's Hospital took an X-ray, where they confirmed she had suffered two fractures to her wrist.
"I feel disgusted and totally let down by Frenchay," Mr *REMOVED*, a mobile phone technician, said.
"You put your trust in the medical staff and they let you down. You hear about these horror stories in the NHS, but you never think it's going to happen to you.
'Full clinical examination'
"She was screaming all night and was turning in her sleep. She couldn't walk properly because she lost her balance and her arm was dangling down by her side. It was obvious she wasn't well," he said.
A spokesman for North Bristol NHS Trust said Hollie-Redd had received a full clinical examination by a senior doctor at Frenchay Hospital's emergency department on Saturday afternoon.
"At the time of that examination she had settled and was playing happily, using the affected arm.
"Close examination of the wrist showed no apparent tenderness and full movements. Nationally-accepted clinical guidelines would indicate that an X-ray examination would not be required in such circumstances.
"We are naturally very sorry to hear that Hollie-Redd's symptoms recurred."


EternalMasque (Super Moderator) Last names removed at thread starters request.

[infatuation]

Maybe y'should remove the last names, seeing as it could give away an easier way to find you..

That's actually really sad.

[Ezzie.]

Wow that hospital really are complete a holes =/ letting a baby go home with a broken wrist wth?

[Boxiel]

Hmmm my brother and I do not share last names. he is only my half brother.

[Mentor]

Maybe y'should remove the last names, seeing as it could give away an easier way to find you..

That's actually really sad.

its a copy and paste from the BBC... The bbc are useing there names... alot more people read BBC website than habbox.... the idiocy of your statement in relation to that fact is quite hard to fathom...

[Crowquill]

That's terrible, surely you'd expect more from a hospital.

However, saying that to defend the hospital, hospitals in the UK are majorly over streched so you can't blame the doctors completely.

[Kymux]

Amg thats well bad!

[English]

I think I read this in the paper "/ Hospitals these days, sometimes they even miss people with cancer lump ;/

[edible]

Agreed Craig.

Also, thats terrible, i'd sue lmao! Knowing myself, im probably wrong.
Hope your neice is okay =]

[Darrem]

That kind of shows how bad some hospitals are