"Still waiting for surgery"

My husband presented to Maroondah Hospital on Saturday post saw injury to his right thumb. He was then transferred to the ward awaiting plastic surgery that was hopefully scheduled for the evening. Unfortunately due to other surgical priorities this did not go ahead. I can understand  there are other more demanding emergencies  that may present. Sunday he was fasted for surgery, again this did not occur. He was scheduled for surgery yesterday and after fasting all day this did not go ahead. He is currently fasting today and was told by the plastic surgeon that surgery would not be guaranteed as the hospital control the theatre lists  and that we could go ahead and make a complaint. My husband is a trades-person and requires his hands to make a living, so he doesn't really have a choice and has to wait for the surgery to occur and is at the mercy of the system. Our expectation is that surgery would have occurred by now and that he would be home recovering. In the meantime he remains on antibiotics and IV fluids. I am concerned about the viability of the structures to his thumb, as this is  a long time post injury and wish to resolve our dilemma. There are other things that I have observed that concern me, however my priority is for the surgery to occur in the first instance.