Dublin woman (27) died after doctor told her she was having a panic attack and sent her home from hospital
by gadarnol
Dublin woman (27) died after doctor told her she was having a panic attack and sent her home from hospital
by gadarnol
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Ive heard a few stories, anecdotal I know, of people in A&E being told it’s just anxiety/panic attack and it’s actually been more serious. RIP, completely unnecessary death.
Edit : Christ it was a pulmonary embolism. I had multiple pulmonary embolisms in my lungs and almost died, whoever mistook her symptoms for a panic attack should lose their licence.
Honestly think Doctors just don’t give a fuck sometimes.
Went to my GP in January with what I believed to be a chest infection & had a new doctor(for me)check my chest with hoody and two shirts on, told me I was fine. I wasn’t fine, I felt rotten was in pain all that weekend & was short of breath. I went back a few days later still feeling unwell & my regular doctor confirmed that I had a nasty chest infection & prescribed steroids/antibiotics, two weeks after that with symptoms coming and going I returned and the same doctor after checking my vitals sent me to a&e for x-ray/bloods because she believed I could have a Pulmonary Embolism. Thankfully I didn’t but I will never ever use that first doctor again because he checked me for 5 mins and moved me on. This story is heartbreaking & RIP to the young woman. Always trust your instincts guys if you think a second opinion is needed it’s better safe than sorry.
Blood clot?
Poor women god rest her.
This is why we need more HSE doctors, they rush from patient to patient and are constantly triaging because there are so many to get through – so mistakes will be made.
Fix the public sector
Doctors in Ireland are absolutely useless sometimes
I got run over by a car on my bike a couple years ago – bang on the head, knee, wrist and shoulder injuries – go to the hospital
After 10 hours waiting – I get seen
3 times the doctor said “are you sure you were in an accident – your clavicle would have been bruised by the seat belt” after the 3rd time I got a nurse, told her the situation and said – I need an xray or an MRI on my head to check for any bleeds / fractures to my skull after that I’ll take of myself
Xray came back clear so I walked out, bound my arm across my chest with some bandaging I bought in a pharmacy and got a wearable ice pack for my knee off Amazon next morning
Honestly – the points you need to be a doctor and they’re half eejits you can replace with a bit of common sense when it’s non surgical
This is eerie. For some reason I’ve had it in my head the last few days that I might have a blood clot. Pure paranoia since I don’t really have any of the symptoms, and I’ve more or less convinced myself that anxiety is making what few symptoms I do have worse. The only thing keeping me relatively calm about the whole thing was thinking that at least the doctors would know what to do if it turned out I was right.
Seeing this now, about a woman not much younger than me being dismissed with the exact same reasoning that I’ve been dismissing myself, and *dying* from an embolism is absolutely mortifying. That poor girl must have been so afraid.
They tried to do this to me in November, left me sat on the floor a&e for 16 hours telling me I have anxiety and can go home, they even forgot I was there in the middle of it and lost my blood sample so it couldn’t be tested.
Many hours later they did another blood test at my insistence and my troponin level had me admitted to the cardiac unit.
They gave her Xanax and sent her home.
Unfortunately, this is too common.
Rather than listen to the patient and take their concerns seriously, some doctors will dismiss concerns and label you as anxious.
Doctors are fucking useless most times I feel.
My mother went to GP about pains in her leg and foot, one doctor told her to use a walking stick and was given pain relief and sent away.
The next day she saw a different doctor and she asked my mother “What do you want me to do about it?” to which she responded “To help me” and was suggested a better pair of shoes, but also called in another doctor to check mam out.
The third doctor checked my mams foot and couldn’t find a pulse. She was immediately sent to hospital where it was found she had a type of calcified clot in her leg with narrowed artery which required emergency surgery.
Doctors just don’t care enough I feel and too quick to get rid of people without giving a proper look.
Doctor needs to be sacked and license taken.
Not harsh when you consider they failed in their duty. Health care needs to be seriously reformed in this country.
It really shouldn’t be legal for doctors to simply dismiss the concerns of their patients. I can’t tell you how many times my wife has gone to the doctor only to be told it’s all in her head. Every single time it is turned out to *NOT* be in her fucking head
Happened to my grandfather, went to his GP complaining about chest pains. Was given a prescription for antibiotics and was sent on his way. Died 20 minutes later from a heart attack pushing his bike up the hill to his house, 64 years old
I’m so tired of the Irish health care system. There are too many cases like this and too many cases of Dr’s. Just not caring.
I spent most of Summer 23 in hospital, I came in because I was losing strength in my legs over a few months.
Once the MRI and bloods came back clear they were not interested, hardly ever brought up the weakness in the legs and left me waiting for weeks and weeks for a minor quick operation to clean an infected wound. They couldn’t get the relevant team to see me, and then when they did and I was still unable to walk after the wound cleaning, they had me see a physio for about 5 minutes and sent me home.
I was back in a few weeks later with the same symptoms, as well as my arms having now gone all weak too, and I couldn’t keep any food or drink or medicine down, everything made me vomit profusely. My bladder was also significantly weaker and I lost control of it a few times.
I was extremely ill, weak and hardly able to hold my head up.
I was left in A&E for 2 days. In that state. I was forced to use a big adult nappy (they didn’t want me walking because my blood sugar was low, but never offered a commode or anything). And multiple times was left lying in the cold and soaking hospital gown and sheets, for an hour or more.
I was left unable to reach my phone, my water, my call ball, or anything. I remember having to ask a carer to pass me the call button because I couldn’t reach it and needed help.
I was seen by 3 doctors and a physio. All but 1 doctor planned to send me home. My legs were still all but paralysed, I was still extremely sick to my stomach and extremely weak. They called multiple family members asking them to come collect me.
They saw and knew how weak i was and knew I was too weak to fight my corner, to defend myself and stand up to them. They took it to their advantage and completely neglected me.
After my NOK refusing to take me home and telling them that I was in fact unable to walk and I was in fact very ill, the hospital got a neurologist to see me.
This neurologist diagnosed me with a rare nurological disorder, Functional Nurological Disorder. I was told I’d have physio and CBT to help.
Physio wouldn’t see me at the hospital, the only physcologist in the hospital was on leave indefinitely. I saw a physciatrist briefly but they basically just smiled and nodded the whole time.
I was discharged with no treatment plan, no pain management, no referrals, nothing.
Been about 6 months and I’ve completely given up on the state and the health care system. My life has been majorly impacted by FND, I can’t work and can’t live alone anymore, etc.
This bullshit has to stop
Women! If a doctor won’t give you a treatment you’ve requested, tell them to put it in your file that they’re denying your request. Legally they must do this, and it makes them reconsider.
Dismissing a patient in the A&E without running necessary precautionary tests should result in some kind of penalty surely …
I remember being about 20 and after months of insomnia, extreme anxiety and days of tears my parents eventually brought me into my GP who I have had since I was small. She listened to my concerns but eventually prescribed me Xanax. I think I only eventually took one or 2 as it only made my symptoms worse. Looking back I feel pretty let down by her because it was a cry for help. I needed to be told “oh I know someone you can talk to”. With consistent exercise and a healthy bedtime routine I slowly came out of that dark time. But I’ll never forget how easy it was for her to just give me pills like it would fix it.