An 89-year-old pensioner, from Gillingham, Kent, developed an orange-sized lump on his head after he fell over at his wife’s funeral.
Watch the story of the pensioner who developed an orange-sized lump on his head
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George Hobbs – a retired civil servant – was rushed to the hospital where he was treated for the cut.
But it grew larger in nine months and became an orange-sized lump on his head.
But when the pain became unbearable for him, he decided to see his GP who sent him home with just paracetamol despite the orange-sized lump on his head.
Finally, a specialist revealed that the orange-sized lump on his head was actually skin cancer and he was placed on the list for urgent surgery.
He was sent home three times with painkillers after the GP surgery and then finally, he was sent to a hospital.
George died on July 25 and now his daughter Clare Hobbs is questioning medics about why they failed to discover it earlier that he had cancer.
She said: “There have been failures on a lot of people’s parts. Towards the end, he’d spend a lot of time lying down as that’s when it was at its least painful.”
“He hardly went out because he was embarrassed. He filed all his documents and when I went through them after his death I found a note which read ‘please help me it’s so painful’. That was heartbreaking.”
“I just want someone to take responsibility. He was miserable and he did not deserve that.”
George made a complaint to Medway Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS England before he passed away which is still being investigated.
Director of primary care transformation Tracy Rouse said: “We are sorry to hear of Mr. Hobbs’ death.”
She also said that NHS England was looking into the matter.
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