fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: December 15, 2009 02:01AM
“A plumber whose arm was left twisted grotesquely out of shape in an accident
ten months ago has had an operation to correct it ‘cancelled four times’.
Torron Eeles, 50, has been left unable to work since falling down the stairs and
now fears he may lose his home after being denied incapacity benefit. The
father-of-three today hit out at the NHS for the ‘unacceptable delays’, but
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust said Mr Eeles had his operation cancelled
on ‘only’ two occasions on clinical safety grounds. His left arm has hung
limply by his side since he fractured the humerus bone in December 2008. Mr
Eeles, from Welham Green, Hertfordshire, applied for employment and support
allowance but a doctor ruled he is ineligible for both because he can turn on a
tap.” w/ photos