Posted on 04/03/2025 5:33:18 PM PDT by Angelino97
A young woman who went into A&E crying woke up to discover her leg had been amputated after she waited 16 hours for surgery.
Molly Harbron, 26, said she was in 'a lot of pain' as she made her way to Dewsbury and District Hospital in West Yorkshire.
The former carer's foot and leg were left numb and discoloured by blood clots and she knew 'something wasn't right'.
But Ms Harbron has now been handed a six-figure payout as doctors admitted they probably wouldn't have had to chop her leg off if she'd had surgery by 9pm the same day.
The then-22-year-old made her way to A&E complaining of a numb and cold left leg and discoloured foot at 11.30am on April 25, 2020.
Medics suspected deep vein thrombosis, or a blood clot in a vein - but failed to carry out adequate tests.
Just over a day later, Ms Harbron woke up from surgery to discover the amputation.
She said: 'I was in a lot of pain, I knew something wasn't right.
'I was crying to my mum and asked her to take me to the hospital. All I remember was there being a delay and then waking up from surgery.
'When I was woken up the surgeon showed me they had amputated my leg. However, I didn't really believe them as I could still feel my leg.
'When the realisation dawned on me I just broke down and cried...
Hospital staff admitted Ms Harbron probably would have avoided having her leg amputated if she'd had surgery by 9pm same day.
Instead, her surgery was delayed until 1.30pm the following day - and doctors were unable to restore blood flow to her leg.
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I wonder what they did with the leg. Weird.
Poor girl. Smh…
Canada & the UK are so proud of their 3rd world Country level health care systems.
How about the USA, ever wonder what percent of medical professionals secretly harbor hatred for white males because of DEI brainwashing?
Wonder how many angels of death are out there kicking plugs or administering wrong doses who will never get caught
Long pork BBQ.....................
Terrible. I don’t know if it applies here, but I’ve heard Women on birth control pills who smoke have MUCH bigger risk of blood clots as well as strokes, heart problems.
Probably more upset about the tattoons that went with it.
horror film chili
That’s what going to hospital gets you. He should have gone to the hospital.
She got off easy.
Hospital stays usually cost an arm and a leg.
I think I know this young woman. She told me this story at IHOP where she was waitressing.
She hopped on a plane, fled England and moved here, the name on her nametag was ‘Peg’.
So many American doctors chopped off the wrong leg that they now have to use a magic marker so they don’t screw up.
I have to wonder if her long wait time at A&E (Brit for Emergency Room) was because of all the ‘newcomers’ clogging the NHS system, or if it was the incompetence of foreign staff NHS seems to be hiring?
Not a Brit, but I tend to keep up with news from the U.K.
Noor Qurashi
That reminds me of a punchline:
Waiter, this food is terrible, and the portions are too small.
22 and suffering from deep vein thrombosis. I had her pictured as a big fatty who couldn’t get off the couch.
But still, that is usually brought on by long periods of sitting in somewhat cramped conditions. At least thats what I recall.
Probably similar to the names of all NHS's doctors and nurses (and here in the USA as well, if we're honest).
Too bad she didn't realize they were pulling her leg, for real.
She got 25% off!
Ewwww! With a gammy leg?
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