OAP left in agony as medics bungle hip op

A PENSIONER has been left in terrible pain for the last four months because surgeons have failed to organise the hip operation she needs.

And the Medical Specialist Group, which employs all surgeons locally, admitted it had handled the OAP's case badly and apologised for the 'failure'.

Sheila Kendal fractured her 12-year-old artificial hip in August and has had three scheduled operations to fix the problem cancelled She was then told that her surgeon believed it would be better for her to be referred off-island for the procedure.

Her daughter is so disgusted by the lack of activity in her mother's case that she is now preparing to pay for the 79-year-old to have the operation privately – and that could cost as much as £8,900 in the UK, according to privatehealth.co.uk.

Since the fracture, the pensioner, who lives in Rue de La Corderie, Vale, has had to use a walking frame or wheelchair to get around.

Mrs Kendal also received a letter from her Medical Specialist Group surgeon to say sorry for the way in which her case had been handled.

When contacted by the Guernsey Press, MSG chairman Dr George Oswald said the group would review its internal procedures in light of the case.