AT 1am on Friday, April 29, I was awoken in bed by a severe pain in my left inner thigh close to my femoral artery.
The pain subsided enough for me to go to work and complete a 4am to 1pm shift.
However at 7pm in the evening the pain returned with a hot feeling.
Earlier in the day I had googled my symptoms and it told me it could be a DVT (blood clot) and could be a life threatening condition.
Without hesitation I went to the accident and emergency department at Warrington Hospital.
I booked in at 8pm.
I was seen by a triage nurse at 10pm.
My bloods were taken at 11.10pm.
By 2.15am, some three hours later, my blood results had not come back.
I asked the staff nurse on duty what was the delay?
Her response was unbelievable.
She implied to me that my attendance at the accident and emergency department that evening was a burden and unnecessary inconvenience on the hospital.
This is a disgusting attitude to have.
I am not a hypochondriac and a frequent visitor to the accident and emergency department.
I believed I had a lifethreatening condition.
I discharged myself from the hospital at 3.30am some sevenand-a-half hours after I arrived having not been examined by a doctor or my condition diagnosed.
GARY BEBBINGTON Grappenhall
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