Disgusting

<p>My son damaged his thumb while playing in the pool during the December holidays.</p> <p> </p> <p>We took him through to the hospital and waited in casualties for 3 hours before we were seen! We then went for x-rays, and back to the casualties, only to be told he was fine and nothing was wrong. At this stage his thumb joint was quite swollen and he was in a lot of pain. But we are not Drs, so off we went.</p> <p> </p> <p>2 and a half hours later we get a call beack from casualties to be told that the Dr on duty did not pick up a fracture on the x-ray, that the x-ray department did, and we must come back at once.</p> <p> </p> <p>When we returned, we were told by the Dr that we would not be charge for her fee as she did not pick the problem up! However i have recieved her bill! I am stunned at the level of service we are recieving from a private facillity and find it totally unacceptable. My child goes to casualties and this ends up costing R2000!!!!! Some of which was for a Drs fee that could not read an x-ray! </p> <p> </p> <p>The hospital seriously needs to change this unit as its seriously bringing the level of the hospital down! URGENTLY!!!!</p> <p> </p>