Misdiagnosis of a Stoke for a Dislocated Shoulder

[CW1]

Dear All

How difficult is it for a qualified Doctor to mistake a stroke for a dislocated shoulder. This is what happened to my Mother despite my insistence that it was a dislocated shoulder. I even saw the X-ray and told the Doctor it was dislocated (I've seen enough of them playing rugby) but he just kept saying it was a stroke. This meant my Mother was kept on a drip and without food for 3 days untill they rexamined the x-ray and and re-discoverd that it was dislocated and ended up relocating the shoulder and breaking the humerus in the process.

Regards

CW

[Monsterlove]

********...if they checked her brain, they would have discovered her condition...didn't they look at the x-ray..

[Monsterlove]

jerks...if they checked her brain, they would have discovered her condition...didn't they look at the x-ray..

[CW1]

Dear Monsterlove

Many thanks for your reply.

I looked at the X-ray with the Doctor and it was obvious; the ambulance driver and the nurse in casualty also agreed it was a dislocated shoulder. The Doctor just kept lifting my Mother's arm up and dropping it saying it was a stroke. It was only after 3 days and a scan for a CVA? that they decided it wasn't a stroke. They kept her off oral food and drink because they had no one available to do a swallow test? The explanation that has been given is that the SHO Doctor was inexperienced at looking at X-rays! What does that mean, is Radiography an option for medical students? The same Doctor has told me he is not qualified to look at another X-ray of my Mother's knee which was injured after they managed to drop her getting her out of bed. She has now been in bed in hospital for 3 weeks and could walk before she went in but now she is so depressed all she talks about is ending her life. I know she is elderly (86) but after 3 weeks I have no idea whether she has broken anything and the physios will not do a thing until they find out. I've spoken to PALS but the nursing staff and medical staff are just covering their backs and one might say rewriting history. Its just unbelieveable.

Regards

CW