I had a fall and attended hairmyres A&E with my injury, I was non weight bearing on my leg and in extreme pain, I waited 3 and a half hours only to be told minor injuries was closed for the night and if I wanted to be seen in the main department I had to wait an additional 8 hours, but it was advised that I go home and come back in the morning.
I did as advised but during the night the pain was too much and I went back to another A&E, where I was seen within 3 hours, only to be told I broke my leg!
Hairmyres sent me home in a non weight bearing broken leg without so much as an X-ray! They didn’t even offer me pain relief while I was waiting and I was screaming in agony! Absolutely pathetic. I’m disgusted that we’ve come to the point where people are sent away broken limbs just to save time.
"I was advised to go home and come back in the morning"
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