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12 Nov 2015, 13:13

NEGLIGANCE AT DENMAR PHYCIATRIC HOSPITAL

MY WIFE WAS ADMITTED TO DENMAR PHYCIATRIC HOSPITAL IN JUNE. WHILE UNDER MEDICATION, SHE SEVERELY INJURED HER RIGHT FOOT. THE MEDICAL STAFF AT DENMAR ONLY TREATED HER FOOT BY PLACING AN ICEPACK ON THE FOOT. WHEN I SAW HER FOOT, I TOLD HER THAT HER FOOT<br> WAS EITHER BROKEN OR SHE TORN A LEGAMENT (AND I AM NO DOCTOR). THE NEXT MORNING SHE SHOWED HER FOOT TO THE PSYCHIATRIST, AND HE TOLD HER THAT HE IS NOT HAPPY WITH HER FOOT. NO FURTHER MEDICAL HELP WAS GIVEN TO HER. NO GP, NO X RAYS, NOTHING. EVEN WHEN HER FOOT WAS HEAVILY SWOLLEN, PURPLE AND SHE COULD BARELY WALK. I BROUGHT HER A FOOT STRAP AND CRUCHES TO TRY TO SUPPORT HER FOOT WHILE SHE WAS IN HOSPITAL. I COULD NOT EVEN GIVE HER ANY MEDICATION AS IT IS NOT ALLOWED TO BRING ANY MEDICATION TO THE HOSPITAL. WHEN SHE WAS RELEASED A WEEK LATER, SHE STAYED HOME FOR ANOTHER 4 WEEKS. SHE WAS STILL WEARING THE FOOT STRAP.. NOW AFTER 5 MONTHS, WE DECIDED TO SEEK MEDICAL HELP, AS HER FOOT KEEP ON GIVING PROBLEMS. X-RAYS REVEALED THAT TWO BONES BROKE AND ONE OF THE LEGAMENTS WAS TORN. BECAUSE OF NEGLIGENCE OF THE MEDICAL STAFF OF DENMAR SHE NOW NEED TO UNDERGO SURGERY TO FIX HER FOOT, AT R2000 + PER DAY WHERE IS THE MEDICAL ATTENTION.

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