A man who suffered a broken neck in a road traffic accident last year was initially misdiagnosed and told 'all was fine' by Ennis General Hospital staff, and had his protective collar removed.According to The Belfast Telegraph, the man's broken neck was not diagnosed until the following day after a CT scan at Limerick Regional Hospital and he was transferred to Dublin's Mater Hospital. The initial misdiagnosis last July is included in 44 complaints to the Health Service Executive (HSE) over care provided at Ennis General Hospital.
Some of the other complaints concern another person with a broken knee who was given a Panadol, staff who failed to detect that a schoolgirl had a broken ankle, and missing a broken bone in a man's back. The catalogue of errors is revealed under the Freedom of Information Act. The complaints on treatment received at the hospital show the majority relate to the facility's A&E department, and represent a 29pc increase on the 34 complaints lodged in 2007.
