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About: Wythenshawe Hospital

Hit at 55mph an the pavement, great ambulance crew & the doctor & associates repaired me, making me one of the only living people surviving people for such an amount of injuries in the UK & probably Globally. Here's my injury list to show you how good Wythenshawe Hospital was. Fractured Collar Bone (Right). • Fracture Humeral I Shoulder Neck (Right). Resulting In:- Fixat ion With Metal Brace & Pins. • 2 Broken Ribs (Right). • Punctured Lung (Right). • Closed Fracture Olecranon I Elbow (Right). Resulting In:- Fixated With Tension Band Wiring! Limited Movement. • Broken Knee Cap (Right). • Shattered Knee Cap (Left) Resulting In :- Total Reconstruction Of Patellar With Graft & Severed Crucio Ligaments Left Leg. • Compound Fracture Femur I Thigh (Right). Resulting In:- Titanium Rod Fixation With Pins . • Compound Fracture Tibia I Shin Bone (Right). Result ing In:- Titanium Rod Fixated With Pins. • Tibia I Shin Plateau Fracture (Left). with disintegration of Medial! Lateral Meniscus & Bone . Resulting In:- No Meniscus Cushion Or Top Of Tibia Plateau To RestMy Rebuilt KneeCap. Fixed Into Place With Metal Brace & Nails. All Caus ing Persistent Knee Pain & Very Weak Leg. • Stretched Twisted Nerve In Knee Area (Left). All Bone Injuries Resulting In :- Limited Movement' Excessive Pain' Severe Osteo-Arthritis With Constant Bone Degenerat ion' Additional Pain With Pressure On Bones etc... • Multiple Lacerations Resulting In :- Skin Grafts To Tibia (Right) Containing Two 3"x 5" Inch Skin Grafts From Inner Right Thigh . Leaving A 5" x 4" Inch Scar To right Tibia. • Nerve &Motor Damage Eye (Right) . Result ing In :- Diplopia On Upwards Gaze & Photo Phobia! Snow Blindness (Photokeratitis) Causing Excessive Pain & Blurred Vision, Mainly Caused By :- Sunlight! Comp uters! Mobile Phones! Televis ions! Lighting & Any Form Of Bright Light. • Blood Clot On Brain (With Bleeding From Left Ear) . Resulting In :- Tinnitus & Social deafness. • Fractured Skull I Brain Swelling I Closed Head Injury Causing Brain Damage. Resulting In :- Severe Tremors! Coma! Tracheotomy! Swell ing Of Head! Heal & Head Bed Sores Resulting In Long Term :- Short Term Memory' Partial Long Term Amnesia' Short Temper' Bad Attention Span' No Concept Of Time' Confusion 'Insomnia' Dizziness' Pressure On Right Side Of Brain, Excessive Pain etc I still have all my limbs in working order, which was fantastic work done. No one can say that about hardly any Hospitals Globally where I would have simply, kicked the Bucket. The staff should get an award for there work and no critisism by others. Since then, my father has been in for heart valve replacement which went fantastic. Never a bad word can be said for the Hospital or the staff.

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Response from Wythenshawe Hospital 8 years ago
Wythenshawe Hospital
Submitted on 03/08/2015 at 08:10
Published on nhs.uk on 04/08/2015 at 02:31


Wow - that is some list of injuries you suffered! So sorry to hear about your accident but many thanks for posting your somments. I have forwarded them to the teams involved who all wish you well and hope you continue to make a good recovery. Good to hear that your father also had a successful heart valve replacement. You take care. Kind regards Patient Experience Manager

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