A dad claims he caught a superbug while in hospital for an operation that doctors "didn't tell him about for two weeks".
Surinder Chandla said he was admitted to Walsall Manor Hospital in 2020 for surgery on a shoulder ligament tear - but in the weeks following developed an "absolutely massive abscess" in his chest area.
During a review with a surgeon, the 54-year-old was horrified to be told the abscess had to be removed within 48 hours or "it'll burst and kill you", according to Birmingham Live.
Following the removal of the mass, the father of two, from Tame Bridge, was discharged and left to recover at home when he found out the lump was actually MRSA.
Mr Chandla added: "Then I had NHS England phoning me saying are you aware you had MRSA and the GP was ringing me and the hospital was ringing me. Everybody was panicking asking why haven't you been given treatment.
"They diagnosed that it was MRSA but hadn't told me. For two weeks I'm walking around infecting other people in the public."
Mr Chandla, an order cash consultant, says it all started when he was referred by his GP in 2017 for an MRI after suffering a ligament tear in his shoulder in a fall. He said a doctor at Walsall Manor downgraded it to an ultrasound, then he "got lost in the system".
He claimed that nine months later Walsall Manor paid for him to go private in London where he was working with a consultant and the hospital offered him a settlement of £500 "so he wouldn't sue"'.
He also said the consultant was "insistent on an MRI". Then that consultant didn't send the report back to the Manor Hospital or his GP and there was another six month delay, Mr Chandla explained.
Mr Chandla said in July 2019 he saw a consultant at Walsall Manor, who gave him a steroid injection.
In 2020 he had keyhole surgery and within six weeks had developed an "absolutely massive abscess" in his chest area.
He said he was sent by his doctor to the daily surgical unit and they referred him to a breast surgeon.
Mr Chandla said that the surgeon said "they'd better remove that in 48 hours or it'll burst and kill you".
He then said it turned out the abscess was MRSA and said he caught MRSA in hospital while having the operation.
"After that event I've spent the last year and a half fighting now that the tear has come back," he added.
Since then his hand is going numb, he said he has had nerve conduction studies done and said there's a blockage between his shoulder and his neck.
A consultant wanted him to do an MRI on the neck to understand where that blockage is and where it's linked to and Mr Chandla hasn't heard anything back. Six to eight months ago the GP flagged it up.
He said he was offered an operation on November 19 but due to work notified them that he couldn't make it and asked if it could be rescheduled for January.
He said he has received no apology and hasn't had the outcome of the MRI scan that happened six months ago.
"Day-to-day life for the last four years has been high doses of pain killers," he said. "I literally can't drive to London for work now. I suffer a lot of pain at night, it's a very uncomfortable sleep.
"I'm just absolutely tired of it."
Lisa Carroll, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust director of nursing, said: “We strive to deliver the best care to our patients. If they complain about any aspects of their care and treatment we investigate thoroughly to both resolve issues and learn from them to improve our services.
“We have investigated Mr Chandla’s complaint and have shared those findings with him.”
Mr Chandla claims he has not had the findings from the trust but a spokesman told BlackCountryLive that he has been sent them.
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