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Started by Maddy , Feb 15 2006 11:31 AM

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#1 Maddy

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Posted 15 February 2006 - 11:31 AM

My wife has recently recieved a neck injury and has been asked to choose which hospital to go to for consultation and help. Which is the best london hospital for neck injuries - specifically a broken neck vertebra?

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Posted 15 February 2006 - 01:23 PM

Hi
If she has a neck inury she should go to a spinal unit. I am very surprised its been left to you to sort out. I have put a link to a pdff file of all uk Units.
http://www.spinal.co...nal_centres.pdf
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Posted 15 February 2006 - 01:31 PM

Seems a strange one but Stoke Mandeville or Stanmore.......both top spinal units !

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Posted 15 February 2006 - 02:15 PM

Both on the list!
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Posted 15 February 2006 - 08:23 PM

My son broke his neck and was in Stanmore and we have no complaints it was a very good hospital with very friendly caring staff who we think new what they were doing, that is our opinion.

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Posted 16 February 2006 - 08:22 AM

Forgive me for being rude but are you from the UK? I have NEVER heard of ANYONE being given a choice of which spinal unit to go to. Broken necks or backs are decided by the hospital - you are taken to the nearest spinal unit. In Scotland, you are taken to the National Spinal INjury Unit at Southern General, Glasgow; in England, depending on where you stay, you have various choices.

I presume that if your wife has BROKEN her neck then she must be hospitalised. If so, why are they not arranging this.

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Posted 16 February 2006 - 12:51 PM

Have to say, its a frustrating part of the forum - locations. It would be REALLY helpful if everyone could say at least which continent their on! Often lingo gives it away but that post doesn't. Simon has created a great forum with the ability to fill in out locations in the profile, please everyone do it, if nothing else. :D
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Posted 27 February 2006 - 01:30 AM

not the national neurological and neuro-sugery hosptial!

avoid!

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