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Oct 1st, 2008

Broken neck mistaken for whiplash

The Leading Chronic Pain
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General News Richard Lowes

A hospital has apologised to a road crash victim after he was diagnosed with whiplash when he had in fact suffered a broken neck.

A report found that an X-ray should have been ordered on the unnamed student, who was sent home from Stirling Royal Infirmary with painkillers following the misdiagnosis.

The man had attended the hospital complaining of “”excruciating”” neck pains after his car rolled into a verge while travelling at between 40mph and 50mph. A senior house doctor diagnosed whiplash and sent him home with ibuprofen, cococodamol and an exercise leaflet for neck pain sufferers.

The student fainted later that day and returned to hospital where he was seen by the same doctor who confirmed her original diagnosis. The fact that his neck was broken was only discovered when he visited an osteopath several weeks later and an X-ray was called for.

The man subsequently under went an operation last September where metal pins and bolts were inserted into his neck, as well as bone grafted from his hip.

The report by Scottish Public Services ombudsman Alice Brown cited a professional medical advisor, who concluded that the treatment he received on the day of the accident was “”inadequate and fell below the standards required””.

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