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"Gallstone"

About: Fiona Stanley Hospital / Emergency Department

(as the patient),

So recently I had massive pain in my side going up my shoulder blades, worse than child birth, went into Fiona Stanley after hours of waiting they took me without checking into the non emergency bit where I was told it must be a uti I told them no I think it’s my gall bladder, they made me get my own ultrasound done, I went back next day with a drs note saying I have a 2 cm gall stone and i can’t have any opioid meds, to see me straight away, I get into the er and am seen where I am told they want to send me off to another hospital for surgery, looking like in a few months, I haven’t had a break from the pain it’s been constant, now they are sending me to another hospital because, I recall in their words, I want the surgery I don’t need it. 

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Response from Neil Doverty, Executive Director Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospitals Group, South Metropolitan Health Service 16 months ago
Neil Doverty
Executive Director Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospitals Group,
South Metropolitan Health Service
Submitted on 27/11/2022 at 3:56 PM
Published on Care Opinion on 28/11/2022 at 9:36 AM


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Dear importermr88,

I am very sorry to read of the pain you are experiencing, and was alarmed by the content of your Care Opinion story.

Regrettably, there is no advice I can provide you with unless I know your details and the details surrounding your presentations to our Emergency Department. To that end, I strongly encourage you to phone our Patient and Family Liaison Service (6152 4013 or FSHFeedback@health.wa.gov.au) who can investigate on your behalf and hopefully provide you with any answers you are seeking.

Kind regards,

Neil Doverty.

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