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A ‘brave’ dad says he ‘refused to leave A&E’ without vital blood tests - which led to a devastating terminal diagnosis. After being not being able to get GP appointment, claims the dad, he endured a nightmare 20-hour wait in A&E before being told to go back to his GP.
Gareth Dixon, 40, from Warrington was taken to hospital earlier this year after reportedly being unable to get a GP appointment at his practice, Fairfield Surgery in Manchester Road for worsening symptoms of fatigue, thirst and aches and pains.
The dad-of-two said he kept trying to get in to see a doctor but was unable to get a face-to-face appointment. He says he could only get through on the phone, at which point he claims he was just told to go for blood tests several days later.
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When he started suffering from chest pains 24 hours later, his family insisted he call 111, reports CheshireLive . During a 20-hour wait in Warrington Hospital’s A&E department, Gareth, who had been suffering from hip and rib cage pain, says he was seen by a doctor who reportedly told him to chase up an appointment with a GP.
“I just refused to go anywhere until they had given me a blood test,” said Gareth. “They basically told me there was nothing wrong with me. I wasn’t going to sit there for hours to be told nothing was wrong.”
Gareth's bloods were finally taken, he says, but he wouldn’t see another doctor until the following morning when a consultant arrived to inform him that he was suffering with an aggressive form of cancer - plasma cell leukaemia. Dr Paul Fitzsimmons, Executive Medical Director at Warrington and Halton Hospitals, said: "We are extremely sorry to learn of Mr Dixon’s
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