My dear friend who was presenting to Geraldton Regional Hospital for 6 months or more for stomach pain has since died from Stomach cancer.
I believe their duty of care failed a young parent. I believe dismissing their symptoms and in my opinion, rushing them through triage just to move on to the next patient.
I understand emergency is demanding and hectic at times but why would they keep on returning just to get sent home with Panadol, which, from my understanding, they could not take anyway because it made them spew.
I was told the cancer was so aggressive that they were diagnosed two weeks before they died. I believe they knew my friend had a family history of stomach cancer as their parent died two years prior, yet still, it seemed nothing was done for them. My friend had weight loss, severe indigestion, couldn’t eat properly, would get pain from eating small amounts.
I was lead to believe they did not do the right testing for them earlier on. When they finally did an ultrasound, it appears it was too late, they were flown to Perth to be told they are dying, the agonising pain they were in I believe was the cancer spreading.
So my question is why? Who is held accountable for not doing a thorough job or diagnosis?
In my opinion, Geraldton Regional hospital, you have failed a young child who now has no parent. I believe so much more should have been done but it wasn’t. My friend died shortly after their birthday towards the end of last year.
"The neglect of a patient"
About: Geraldton Hospital / Emergency Department Geraldton Hospital Emergency Department Geraldton 6530
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