Retired surgeon Allan Gayner, 80 (pictured) from Tyne and Wear, also lost a limb after failing to spot the symptoms of peripheral artery disease. He suffered a heart attack in 2012.
Thousands of people are needlessly losing limbs every year because doctors are failing to spot the early signs of disease, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
However, according to Professor Athanasios Saratzis, a vascular disease expert at the University of Leicester who headed the report, GPs are rarely aware of the early symptoms of the condition. A scan revealed two arteries in his leg were completely blocked. He was sent for surgery to open them up, but during the procedure he suffered a heart attack.In September 2022, Mr Hoggard had his right leg removed mid-knee. ‘I’m stuck in a wheelchair,’ he says. ‘It’s all so frustrating because this could have been spotted years ago and avoided. But no one looked to see what was wrong.’
‘I was sent for surgery to open up my arteries, and it was discovered I’d had an aneurysm in my leg.’‘Eventually I was told I’d need to have the leg amputated,’ Mr Gayner adds. ‘I should have gone straight to the GP and asked to be referred to a specialist. An opportunity was lost to save my leg.’
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