Hello to all,
My mother had a hysterectomy procedure
done at the Northwick Park Hospital in
London on 1 June 2007 under the care of
Miss J. Pitkin.
Soon after the operation, she noticed that
she could not lift her left foot off the
bed. She also could not move her foot
upwards when sitting on a chair and could
not stand of walk. Sensation on the left
thigh, leg and foot was not same as the
right. She kept falling down in the
hospitals and nurses and junior doctors
kept saying that it was either sciatica or
a compressed nerve, but it will go away on
its own. But it cannot be sciatica,
becuase she has never had it on the right
leg, and she does not have any pain.
We asked on seeing Miss Pitkin or her
registrar who could say what had caused
this problem, but no matter how much we
insisted, we saw neither of them.
Finally, she was discharged on 5 June, and
at home she is a mess both physically and
mentally, and so far there is no
improvement.
Meanwhile, no specialist has come to see
her, and although I put in an informal
complaint, we still have not seen Miss
Pitkin to get an explaination.
My mother has been the patient of Miss
Pitkin, and she does not know what she
looks like. She has never seen her, not
prior to the operation and not after this
problem.
I would be grateful for any information on
this subject. What could have caused this,
and how can it be treated, if at all it is
treatable.
