My child went in with possible broken scaphoid bone. They couldn’t see anything and said it was just bruised and come back in a week if it was still bad. My child went back a week later to be told that they could see the break and the original x-ray and didn’t do another one and they put my child straight into cast that broke after two days as it was only a half cast.
They went back in to get cast redone for the doctors to say we don’t know why you are in a cast, we want another x-ray. They did another x-ray put my child back in a cast, then went to the orthopaedics when they put a proper cast on as the second half cast was breaking again.
My child had another appointment a week and a half later to be told there’s two breaks and I don’t know how anyone missed it. How is this possible?
"Missed broken bone"
About: Bunbury Hospital / Emergency Department Bunbury Hospital Emergency Department Bunbury 6230
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