Plumber with shattered arm left horrifically bent out of shape has operation 'cancelled 4 times'

dailymail.co.uk ^ | Oct. 8, 2009 | Daily Mail Reporter

[Free ThinkerNY]

A plumber whose arm was left twisted grotesquely out of shape in an accident ten months ago has had an operation to correct it 'cancelled four times'.

Torron Eeles, 50, has been left unable to work since falling down the stairs and now fears he may lose his home after being denied incapacity benefit.

The father-of-three today hit out at the NHS for the 'unacceptable delays', but East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust said Mr Eeles had his operation cancelled on 'only' two occasions on clinical safety grounds.

His left arm has hung limply by his side since he fractured the humerus bone in December 2008.

Mr Eeles, from Welham Green, Hertfordshire, applied for employment and support allowance but a doctor ruled he is ineligible for both because he can turn on a tap.

He said: 'This whole situation is absolutely disgusting. I have never heard of anyone else having a broken arm for ten months.

'It's been so long the bones have knitted back together. Sleeping is really uncomfortable because whenever I roll over my arm gets in the way.

'I'm a kitchen fitter and plumber by trade but I can't even slice a loaf of bread let alone work.

'This has been going on and on and it's a complete nightmare.'

Mr Eeles fractured his arm on December 3 and was rushed straight to casualty where doctors put his arm in plaster.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

‘swhat Barry has in mind.

[mlizzy]

coming to a hospital near you ...

[ml/nj]

A plumber whose arm was left twisted grotesquely out of shape in an accident ten months ago has had an operation to correct it 'cancelled four times'. Torron Eeles, 50, has been left unable to work since falling down the stairs and now fears he may lose his home after being denied incapacity benefit.

Ah. The glories of socialism.

ML/NJ

[KarlInOhio]

Mr Eeles fractured his arm on December 3 and was rushed straight to casualty where doctors put his arm in plaster.

Who's the quack who put it back together that way? I wouldn't trust him to work at a poultry plant deboning chickens much less working on human bones.

[tired1]

WTF? Don’t those idiots know how to set broken bones before applying a cast?

[bolobaby]

Surprise.

Medicare denies a higher percentage of claims than private insurance companies.

[SonOfDarkSkies]

But, but...We Need Big Government To Run Health Care (Excellent Video Spoof)

[Puppage]

Roto Rooter man?

[SelmaLee]

You are right.

What I absolutely cannot understand is WHY the British put up with this - and WHY IN THE H___ people in this country think that they want the same?!

[don-o]

Perhaps a good place to tell your broken arm story?

[MeSpikeLibs]

Damn, that is what we all have to look forward to. Thanks Dim-rats

[A message]

Just WOW.

Government run health care is cripples its citizens in so many ways.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Gotta scrape the bottom of the barrel because being a doctor in the UK is a living hell.

[a fool in paradise]

'It's been so long the bones have knitted back together.

Problem solved. that's the POINT of delays in socialized medicine.

They put your name on a list.
- you die
OR - you don’t die
....AND THEN — you get better
.............OR — you get accustomed to it
.............OR — you go abroad for treatment
.............OR — you self-treat

[BertWheeler]

That’s health care in England for you.

[aw93472]

This is exactlty the sort of stories we will see (and maybe even experience) if Obamas healthcare system is put into effect.

[mlizzy]

Waiting and waiting for surgery


Post-Op

[Logophile]

What I absolutely cannot understand is WHY the British put up with this - and WHY IN THE H___ people in this country think that they want the same?!

Don't you understand? It's FREE STUFF!

[GeronL]

Wow. Coming to America?

Heck just be a muzzie and you will get unemployment, disability and free housing.

[Moose4]

GAAAAH. I did NOT need to see that. That poor man.

Don’t they even have emergency care over there? Seems like the setting of a broken bone is something that should be covered under emergency care and not scheduled for months down the road!

}:-)4

[GeronL]

He probably can’t get in to see a doctor. They keep turning him away.

[b4its2late]

Healthcare moving at light speed across the pond.

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[dead]

I would just cut it off and grow a new one.

[Pontiac]

'His second operation in May 2009 was also cancelled, this time because he had failed to act on our surgeon's advice that Mr Eeles that he should give up smoking.

Unbelievable!

In other words we will jump at any opportunity to cancel a surgery and get it off our books.

NO WHERE have I ever heard of surgery being cancelled or postponed because the patient was a smoker unless there was an underlying medical reason such as COPD or emphysema.

[AnnGora]

Didn’t Keith Olbermann mention this incident in his hour-long rant last night on health care? (is a /sarc really needed?)

[HiTech RedNeck]

They “rushed him to casualty” and put him in plaster. Now who DID this. A drunk on LSD who had just worked 72 hours after being flown in from Lithuania? Fixing their screw ups should go ahead of everything else but life saving emergency procedures.

[Moose4]

I had a serious Joe Theismann’s leg moment when I saw that picture. Almost 25 years and I still can’t get that image out of my head. Gah.

This is why they wouldn’t let me join my hometown rescue squad, I’m way too squeamish...

}:-)4

[Moose4]

I’m pretty sure a drunk epileptic veterinarian could do a better job than that. Dear God. Could it have twisted that way after they took the cast off, if they took the cast off too early?

}:-)4

[goseminoles]

The human plumbing snake. He can get into all those hard to reach places..

[HiTech RedNeck]

I wonder if he had a clue by the shape of the cast... boy why is my forearm now offset like that?

[MaxMax]

Maybe the GOV thought he was faking the injury.

[Dapper 26]

Coming to America via Democrats.

[Navy Patriot]

There is no problem here, his health care was free, and he got what he paid for.

His taxes were for the lush lifestyles of his politicians, and they got what he paid for, too.

[texas_mrs]

Yikes! I bet even in medieval times they would have done a better job than THAT!

[Navy Patriot]

WHY the British put up with this

They got no guns. Only criminals have guns in the UK.

[C210N]

Excellent. Proof that they removed his arms, but swapped them sewing them back on, lol.

[a fool in paradise]

Reminds me of a Virgil Partch drawing...

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The Brits have been taught to stand in line for decades.

[JoeProBono]

[Ramius]

The human plumbing snake. He can get into all those hard to reach places..

LOL... that's what I was going to say. Now he's the only one that can reach that one impossible to reach fitting up behind the sink.

[Moose4]

“Wot’s ‘is then! What’d ya do t’my arm, y’tosser?”

“Oh sir, that is so you can reach down through the trap in a sink and unclog them more easily!”

}:-)4

[The Great RJ]

Mr Eeles fractured his arm on December 3 and was rushed straight to casualty where doctors put his arm in plaster.

Translation the guy goes to the hospital emergency room with a mangled arm and they put it in a plaster cast and make no effort at a surgical repair. In any US hospital the guy would have been in surgery that day having his arm repaired. Any US doctor or hospital treating a case like this would be sued for malpractice.

[JimC214]

This reminds me of the Dr. Nick Simpson episode.

[TBP]

Becaue government bureaucrats and leftist politicians are SOOOOOOO compassionate.

[Syntyr]

Okay now I am pretty sure he did not set that arm by himself. So my next question is when he originally broke his arm what quack set his arm so that it would heal like that?

Most doctors I know of dont say okay lets set that arm and once it heals we will go back in and operate to straighten it out!

[the long march]

Ah the joys of a single payer system like the Brits have

[reagan_fanatic]

[Republic of Texas]

But, you can’t sue the government, no matter how bad they screw up. That’s the point.