"Not receiving the correct care"

I had been recently in and out of hospital all week very unwell, after my second hospital admission I was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism. Due to a rare kidney condition I waste potassium and magnesium and frequently require potassium transfusions if I’m unwell with other illnesses/disease, once this had been corrected for a second time in hospital that week I had been discharged.

I presented again a few days later stating how unwell I suddenly felt, chest pains, heart palpitations etc and advised the doctor I suffered from a kidney condition that wastes electrolytes. They acknowledged this and began assessments. I had bloods, check over etc done and was advised I was ok to go home everything came back normal and that the chest pains etc how I was feeling was due to the PE and recovery was going to take time.

The next day in the evening I get a call from my local GP as she received the bloods that were done in hospital, she was in a panic that my potassium was dangerously low and I needed to get to the hospital immediately.

My potassium was 2.8 at the time I was discharged from hospital the night before, I feel this is absolutely unacceptable.

In my opinion, if the doctor had of read my clinic notes and previous admissions that week they would have seen that I had this condition and this was the first thing I feel they should have checked especially with how I presented.

I feel I could have gone to sleep that night at home and had a heart attack.

I placed my trust in the care of the doctor to check the appropriate things which I feel could have ended with me losing my life.

At the time of writing this, I since still haven’t received a phone call or any acknowledgement even though I brought this to their attention.