Mum-of-two claims she was forced to spend three DAYS waiting in A&E with broken ankle
21.01.2022 - 20:03
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A mum-of-two has claimed she was forced to wait on a hard chair in the A&E for three days after breaking her ankle.
Leah Rees was rushed to hospital on January 16 after breaking her ankle while out with friends.
After initially being triaged, given an X-ray and a leg cast, the 26-year-old says she was told to stay in the NHS emergency department and wait for a bed to open up on a ward, WalesOnline reports.
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However, she claims she spent a "nightmare "three days on an "uncomfortable" chair in the unit and she was told to not eat or drink in case she needed an urgent ankle operation.
She said: "I was in excruciating pain, I was given no rest for my leg or any pillows, and I was absolutely starving because I was nil by mouth. I couldn't even walk to go to the toilet.
"I just felt like I was ignored for three days."
Leah, who was waiting in The Grange University Hospital in Cwmbran, Wales, claimed when she was finally seen by a doctor he said the wrong cast had been put on her which led to her leg swelling up.
She said: "The doctor couldn't believe the tightness of the cast. He said that the plaster should have never been put on as I was at risk of blood clots," she added.
"They then took the cast off, discharged me from the hospital, and said I'd undergo my operation at St Woolos Hospital in the next few days. I'd stayed at the hospital for three days for no reason. I could have been at home in bed.
"They advised me to get a taxi home with a broken ankle and nothing really to support it. I was just shocked at the lack of care."
Leah, who works as a healthcare assistant in the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport,