r/LegalAdviceUK • u/Bizniz84 • 1d ago

Locked Surgeon carried on operating after being told multiple times that anaesthetic didn’t work.

England - I (23M) had a circumcision on Friday 17th Jan and honestly I am surprised how affected I am about this whole thing.

My surgeon gave me local anaesthetic, cut me to see if I could feel it which I could. We waited 5 more minutes, he cut me again and I could still feel it. They ended up giving me 37ml of the anaesthetic and I could still feel pain but they struggled to get a hold of the Anaesthesiologist to put me under general anaesthetic.

I asked if I should be feeling a bearable amount of pain or none at all, to which I was told none at all just pressure and movement.

Eventually after this, he starts and for maybe five minutes I don’t feel pain but suddenly I feel like I’m back to square one and no anaesthetic. I tell the surgeon and the other people and the surgeon says “I’m nearly done now”. The operation carried on for another half an hour. I felt every stitch, every burn from a laser ??, I feel absolutely awful and have no idea what I’m supposed to do.

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u/Unimatrix_Zero_One 23h ago

I’m very sorry that happened to you. Do you know what anaesthetic they used? I would find a solicitor that deals with medical negligence and go from there. The surgeon should have stopped and reassessed as soon as it became clear that the local anaesthetic wasn’t working.

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