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25-06-2019, 10:25 AM
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83 years and too old for treatment for a broken arm

I'm no particular fan of The Mail but I do scan it as a bit of a scandal sheet but this article does give me some cause for concern

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Hospital tells 83-year-old pensioner who broke arm in two places she is too OLD for treatment forcing apology from health chiefs
Susan Halbert, 83, was turned away from Glasgow's New Victoria Hospital
She was taken there by paramedics after she fell at her home and broke her arm
Doctors told her they would not see her because she was over 65-years-old
The pensioner was then taken to A&E, given a splint and then sent home


Only one comment I can make. Sod me. Whatever next?
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25-06-2019, 10:27 AM
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Re: 83 years and too old for treatment for a broken arm

That’s outrageous. Too old to get proper medical treatment?
Does it get any lamer than that?
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25-06-2019, 10:30 AM
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Re: 83 years and too old for treatment for a broken arm

Originally Posted by Bratti ->
That’s outrageous. Too old to get proper medical treatment?
Does it get any lamer than that?
She was provided with a splint. Sorta "take two aspirins"
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25-06-2019, 10:47 AM
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Re: 83 years and too old for treatment for a broken arm

Originally Posted by The Artful Todger ->
I'm no particular fan of The Mail but I do scan it as a bit of a scandal sheet but this article does give me some cause for concern

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Hospital tells 83-year-old pensioner who broke arm in two places she is too OLD for treatment forcing apology from health chiefs
Susan Halbert, 83, was turned away from Glasgow's New Victoria Hospital
She was taken there by paramedics after she fell at her home and broke her arm
Doctors told her they would not see her because she was over 65-years-old
The pensioner was then taken to A&E, given a splint and then sent home


Only one comment I can make. Sod me. Whatever next?
Perhaps the paramedics should have taken her to A&E
straightaway AT?

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25-06-2019, 10:49 AM
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Re: 83 years and too old for treatment for a broken arm

Originally Posted by The Artful Todger ->
She was provided with a splint. Sorta "take two aspirins"
It’s pathetic.
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25-06-2019, 11:00 AM
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Re: 83 years and too old for treatment for a broken arm

Best provide the full details .Doctors didn’t tell her she couldn’t be seen ?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...treatment.html
Wonder why we want to see a photo of her when she was younger.?
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25-06-2019, 11:16 AM
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Re: 83 years and too old for treatment for a broken arm

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Best provide the full details .Doctors didn’t tell her she couldn’t be seen ?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...treatment.html
Wonder why we want to see a photo of her when she was younger.?
No! They told her she was too old to receive PROPER treatment. After all, it’s only young people who need arms to work properly. Wtf. I’m sorry but this doesn’t make sense in the least. That hospital sounds like it needs new management.

That was total BS how she was treated and they should be ashamed of themselves.
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25-06-2019, 11:24 AM
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Re: 83 years and too old for treatment for a broken arm

Originally Posted by Zuleika ->
Best provide the full details .Doctors didn’t tell her she couldn’t be seen ?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...treatment.html
Wonder why we want to see a photo of her when she was younger.?
I cant say what the doctors told her zuleika?
But l can say what a doctor told me just yesterday whilst
getting the results of a brain scan concerning my vision
When l queried whether it was cost effective to refer me to
a neurosurgeon on account of my age (84yrs )? He was
outraged that l should suggest such a thing?

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25-06-2019, 03:21 PM
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Re: 83 years and too old for treatment for a broken arm

People being too old to treat doesn't seem to be a general rule in the NHS. I know of a few people in their 80s who continue to receive good attention.

Edit: Isn't applying a splint what is usually done for a broken arm?
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26-06-2019, 10:16 AM
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Re: 83 years and too old for treatment for a broken arm

Originally Posted by mart ->
People being too old to treat doesn't seem to be a general rule in the NHS. I know of a few people in their 80s who continue to receive good attention.

Edit: Isn't applying a splint what is usually done for a broken arm?
Not if surgery will improve the outcome.
 
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