Posted on 10/08/2009 11:33:06 AM PDT by 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.
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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!
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He probably can’t get in to see a doctor. They keep turning him away.
Healthcare moving at light speed across the pond.
bttt
I would just cut it off and grow a new one.
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.
Didn’t Keith Olbermann mention this incident in his hour-long rant last night on health care? (is a /sarc really needed?)
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.
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...
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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?
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The human plumbing snake. He can get into all those hard to reach places..
I wonder if he had a clue by the shape of the cast... boy why is my forearm now offset like that?
Coming to America via Democrats.
His taxes were for the lush lifestyles of his politicians, and they got what he paid for, too.
Yikes! I bet even in medieval times they would have done a better job than THAT!
They got no guns. Only criminals have guns in the UK.
Excellent. Proof that they removed his arms, but swapped them sewing them back on, lol.
The Brits have been taught to stand in line for decades.
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