Wiltshire man waited 14 months for diagnosis

A Wiltshire man, who had to give up his job as a plumber following a wrist injury, faced a 14-month delay in diagnosing a fracture led to him developing sepsis and requiring a bone graft.
Vasile Rascanescu, 31, from Patney, near to Devizes, injured his left wrist while playing football in April 2017.
He attended the emergency department at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon where he underwent an X-ray and was diagnosed with a sprain.
He was advised to wear a splint and take painkillers before being discharged. No follow-up was arranged or recommended.
Over the next nine to ten months, Vasile continued to suffer with pain and swelling on an almost daily basis, and a series of tests, including an MRI scan, were carried out. Vasile was found to have an old un-united scaphoid fracture and underwent a bone graft. He went on to develop post-operative sepsis and continuing infection, for which he required treatment. In July 2019 he also underwent surgery to remove infected tissue from his left wrist and fuse the joint together which resulted in him having no movement in his wrist.

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