Any english nurses/doctors here that can help? hospitals are useless!

styliana85


Joined: 30/06/2010
Posts: 101

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 12:33

Last night i had an accident. managed to go flying face first off a chair and put my hand out as i fell. It bent my hand back and i landed with force. I was in a huge ammount of pain, felt like a knife in my wrist and couldnt feel my fingers. I got taken to hospital but they said nobody was there to xray..so she gave me an injection for pain and a bandage. this didnt help and ive taken extra strong painkillers aswell but ive woken up in pain again. its swollen badly under my thumb and the top is bruised. still cant move the fingers easilly and dont have much faith in the hospital. doing everything one handed isnt easy. does anyone no if it sounds like a break or a sprain?

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 12:40

Did they not say to go back in the morning ? Go down to A&E ASP today.It needs looking at.





Spider,X

professoregit


Joined: 30/08/2008
Posts: 381

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 12:44

Souinds like you've damaged the ligaments in your hand/wrist. As above, you need to get it seen to asap. Go back to A & E.

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 12:45

Best to go and get it x-rayed just to put your mind at rest. If you don't want the hassle of going to the State Hospital go to one of the private ones. You can telephone me on 0533 884 5621 if you need advise.



Chris

Tango1


Joined: 19/02/2011
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Message Posted:
06/09/2011 12:46

As Spider says, you must go back to Emergency in Girne asap to get it seen to because you don't want to stop any blood flow. However, you could go into any of the larger private clinics and get an x-ray (walk straight in) In my case I would go straight to NEUH in Lefkosa, but then I'm biased towards them.



T

TRNCvictim


Joined: 17/08/2010
Posts: 1417

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 12:46

I am not a Nurse or a Doctor but fell down a step recently and like you put my hands out, very painful, went straight to A & E x-rayed straight away had broken my wrist, in plaster for 4 weeks :-(



I think like spider says you should go back to hospital, and ask for an x-ray!

Bradus


Joined: 25/02/2007
Posts: 2641

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 12:49

You need a xray. It is the most reliable way of confirming if there is a fracture. If there is and you have no treatment then you could end up with a limb deformity or intermittent pain.

It is not worth the long term risks to simply sit back and ignore it. Any treatment would be based on what the xray identifies.

tattlad


Joined: 13/12/2008
Posts: 479

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 12:50

It's a bloody good job you injured yourself in the TRNC because if it was in the UK you would have had to wait 8 hours to be sent home with a few painkillers.

styliana85


Joined: 30/06/2010
Posts: 101

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 13:02

thanks for your help everybody....



i admit nhs isnt great but at least they wud of xrayed me and given me a splint.. without any charge!!



i will go today, she mentioned xray in lefkosa but i dont have a clue where it is...unless its the one on the way to metahan border?

styliana85


Joined: 30/06/2010
Posts: 101

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 13:03

again thanks..i owe u all a drink :@)

nurseawful



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Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 13:04

As you stay in Alsancak your best bet would be the hospital just past HSBC bank take the first right and it is on the right. No need to go all the way to Lefkosa.



Chris

styliana85


Joined: 30/06/2010
Posts: 101

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 13:08

im in girne but just with my family today in malatya... i guess they will take me. does this place speak english? as the womans hospital by hsbc dont speak any english... i went there 4 months ago but they were terrible

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 13:09

Yes the doctors speak English.



Chris

styliana85


Joined: 30/06/2010
Posts: 101

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 13:10

and they have xray? i think this is the one i went to before but i couldnt talk to them. i will give it a try though thanks

Bradus


Joined: 25/02/2007
Posts: 2641

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 13:20

Please let us know how you go on.

InspironDream


Joined: 10/08/2011
Posts: 56

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 13:43

Okay, a British Biomedical doctor who happens to live next door recommends that you go to the a&e as soon as possible.

Dunkindonut


Joined: 22/08/2011
Posts: 5

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 13:51

If you have broken your hand in two places then dont go to those two places again!



If you are going to A&E its probably advisable to go by registered taxi just in case....wouldn't want to extend a previous thread would we

TRNCvictim


Joined: 17/08/2010
Posts: 1417

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 14:15

tattlad (mess 8)



What a silly statement to make! I broke my wrist in the UK went to my local hospital, waited precisely 1 hour had my X ray, and put in plaster within 2.5 hours! and had excellent follow up treatment! perhaps it's been a long time since you have visited a NHS hospital?



My elderley mum also fell and broke her hip, in spite of all the awful story's regarding the NHS I found the service along with the aftercare of her GP and the district nurses second to none!



I have to speak as I find!

matula


Joined: 07/07/2008
Posts: 647

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 14:50

Don't waste your time with any of the hospitals mentioned here except the Near East University Hospital in Lefkosa. Competent staff there. I speak from experience!

Tango1


Joined: 19/02/2011
Posts: 1151

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 14:59

Msg1: I'ts such a shame that you will be going away fro the TRNC with such a negative attitude to the medical health treatment here. To generalise and call it all "useless" and "terrible" and then condemn a clinic because "they didn't speak English" is more than a little harsh don't you think?



I'm sorry that you have ben in such pain though.

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 15:03

tattllad. You are wrong, my grandaughter who is a gymnast fell off bars two weeks ago, within 1 hr she was seen in A&E and x.rayed, broken ankle was strapped up for the night back next morning and put in plaster at 9am.

minertor



Joined: 14/02/2009
Posts: 1238

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 17:35

mg 19; Don't waste your time with any of the hospitals mentioned here except the Near East University Hospital in Lefkosa. Competent staff there. I speak from experience!



So do I, about 5 years ago I fell and dislocated my shoulder. Girne hospital xrayed me then arranged a taxi to Lefkosa General. I was treated straight away. When I woke up I was on a ward, my wife said I'd to wait an hour then I could go. At reception they called a taxi and a security man stood with us until it came (it was 1-00am)



About 1 year after this my wife fell in the apartment, she was concussed and had a bad cut on the back of her head. The ambulance arrived within a few minutes, although she refused to go in it. I took her to Girne hospital where she was treated immediately, and again on return trips, stitches out etc.



Total cost to us both, 10tl, for my exray.



T

Barno


Joined: 20/08/2010
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Message Posted:
06/09/2011 17:44

I agree with woodspeckie, in June i had breathing problems, i was taken to state hospital in Girne and as soon as the receptionist see me she sent me to A&E dept so no waiting, within minutes i was checked over and whisked off in a wheelchair for xray back to a&e for treatment and regularly checked on until released. I can not fault the treatment or the care that I received and I was very grateful to them. When i went to pay there was no charge as it was emergency! I dont think you can get better than that!!!

mamachina


Joined: 22/11/2008
Posts: 730

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 17:47

i have nothing but good to say about the Kamiloglu Hospital, the road past HSBC to the right - every time I have gone without an appointment I have been seen almost straight away. Lump in breast - mammagram and ultrasound immediately. Hurt knee - Xray immediately - and various other things. To say they are useless seems rather extreme. They do not have a large staff for emergencies in the evening - ok - but they are there and willing to help from 8.30am ish onward! The receptionist has little English but always calls one of the nurses who does speak English. As other people have said, evening emergencies, the A and E at Girne, if they cant do anything they send you to Nicosia. I hope by now you hae had an Xray!!

Optimist


Joined: 24/08/2009
Posts: 111

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 18:10

Everyone speaks from personal experience and there are good and bad experiences whatever country you are in but I wonder if one of our Turkish Cypriot friends went to a hospital in England how many of the nurses/doctors would speak Turkish!

joandjelly


Joined: 24/02/2008
Posts: 2953

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 18:23

On Sunday morning my friend tripped and fell and put her hand out to break the fall resulting in a lot of pain and swelling in the elbow region. We took her to the public hospital in Girne. You have to give your name and date of birth to the receptionist and you are issued with a sticker with a number on it. She was eventually seen about 1 hour later, was x-ray'd twice (the doctor wanted a 2nd x-ray because he couldn't see clearly enough on the 1st) and luckily enough there were no breaks or fractures. She was then splinted and a plaster bandage applied and she has to go back on Friday for a check-up. The doctor spoke good English and so did the x-ray man and the porters. Total cost 10TL.

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 20:28

Barno. I was talking about treatment in the UK as tattlad said you have to wait 8 hrs and be sent home with painkillers.

martinD41


Joined: 06/09/2010
Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 20:39

Go to the Hospital, Nurseawful is not English you may have a fractured Scaphoid bone....

styliana85


Joined: 30/06/2010
Posts: 101

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 22:55

hello everybody, thanks again for your help..



I went to the hospital in girne near to hsbc... i was seen within the hour. i had an x-ray and got checked by a very nice doctor who spoke english well.



unfortunately i have broken my wrist bone on the joint which is why i was in so much pain and couldnt move my hand... i am now in a cast and sling for 4 weeks :(( and going again saturday to check i havent swollen anymore.



i got good treatment, was banaged straight away and doctor was very shocked at how the government hospital had treated me. allowing me to leave without a xray or check up..and giving me a morphine shot which made me very poorly...



i am now still in alot of pain as im still swollen... and my back pocket is also in pain after the 430tl i was charged. note to self..never climb onto an unstable chair again!

styliana85


Joined: 30/06/2010
Posts: 101

Message Posted:
06/09/2011 22:58

msg 25: english is an international language that most countries speak...and cyprus gets alot of money from english tourists and ex pats so yes u would expect them to learn...and you wudnt expect english hospitals to no turkish as its only used in 2 countries!

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
07/09/2011 00:20

well from the postings on here A&E Here are very good. I am sure if you had gone back to them they could have helped. Also I have heard that even at home they have been known to leave the casting for some time to allow the swelling to go down...



Good to hear it all sorted now.wishing you a speedy recovery.





Spider,X

philbailey


Joined: 17/01/2011
Posts: 3534

Message Posted:
07/09/2011 00:29

Msg 30, go to St Thomas hospital in London

there is a poster asking if you need a translator !!!!!!

it is written in about 15 different languages

and the NHS pay the translators

EamonnMc


Joined: 18/06/2010
Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
07/09/2011 01:06

Brillant advise from many helpful members ! this is what works when posters get everything right. It's obvious that quality care is available at a very reasonable cost if you know where to go ! well done everybody and a speedy recovery to Styliana !