My brother in law recently chopped the end off his finger in an accident at work in Blackburn,it was mid afternoon on a Thursday; he didn't actually get it operated on till the Sunday;a mere 60 hours of sitting around in agony with bone protruding from the end of his finger ! He had to go to Preston for the surgery and was sat there all day friday waiting for a space in theatre,he couldn't have anything to eat or drink and was then sent home untreated at 5 o'clock. He had to then ring the hospital every 3 hours on the saturday to see if they could fit him in; finally got it done on the sunday.
He is no whinger but he was in considerable pain,the finger end was badly mangled and the bone sticking out.Choice words were said and I don't blame him,it was frustrating for all of us around him and we even considered clubbing together to get him seen privately.Leaving him with such an open wound strikes me as plain stupid. He is still off work for another 3 weeks at least and has lost up to his first knuckle on his ring finger.
