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Those who followed Thursday’s news about 29 year old Islander, Sam Farren, will be pleased to hear her assessment at Southampton Hospital yesterday went well.
Sam, who has long-running back problems, but also been in severe pain since collapsing at the beginning of the year, had been struggling to get treated, latterly having spent the last seven days on a ward at St Mary’s Hospital.
It was during a visit to A&E last week that Sam discovered the stabilising surgery she’d been told she was due to have in February, was not going to happen. Her consultant was on compassionate leave and she’s not been passed onto another consultant. She’d fallen through the gap.
Social media campaign
It was only after her parents, Carol and Bob Bridgestock, took to social media after six days of frustration, that eventually at 4.50pm on Wednesday evening it was announced Sam would be seen by a specialist at Southampton the following day.
http://onthewight.com/2015/02/20/renewed-hope-islander-fallen-nhs-gap/
Sam, who has long-running back problems, but also been in severe pain since collapsing at the beginning of the year, had been struggling to get treated, latterly having spent the last seven days on a ward at St Mary’s Hospital.
It was during a visit to A&E last week that Sam discovered the stabilising surgery she’d been told she was due to have in February, was not going to happen. Her consultant was on compassionate leave and she’s not been passed onto another consultant. She’d fallen through the gap.
Social media campaign
It was only after her parents, Carol and Bob Bridgestock, took to social media after six days of frustration, that eventually at 4.50pm on Wednesday evening it was announced Sam would be seen by a specialist at Southampton the following day.
http://onthewight.com/2015/02/20/renewed-hope-islander-fallen-nhs-gap/