A man who was stabbed was found dead three days after his GP refused to see him and said he could be taken off the books.
Raymond Scougall, 40, visited his doctors surgery in Glasgow on December 23 in desperation as he was in so much pain from a hernia.
But he was turned away then found dead on his bedroom floor by his brother on Boxing Day, the Daily Record reports.
Raymond’s brother, Gary, told the publication: ‘By the time he died, Raymond’s hernia was the size of a baby’s head coming out his stomach.
‘He continued to ask for help from his GP and for pain relief, but neither was given to him.’
Raymond and Gary were both stabbed in an incident nine years ago by a man who was later jailed.
They both required surgery to help them recover from their injuries. Gary’s was successful but Raymond had continued complications and needed to be operated on five times in an attempt to fix the hernia.
Gary added: ‘My mum took him to his NHS appointments when he needed to go to the hospital and for the surgery but they never gave him much help.
‘They said his stomach wall couldn’t hold his intestines any more. The stomach wall couldn’t hold the pressure of his hernia.
‘He has been in constant pain for years and it has been getting worse. He has been going in and out of his GP asking for pain relief but he wasn’t being given anything at all.
‘He was in agony and it looked like the mesh was coming out his stomach. He had to clean out the hole in his stomach himself every day.’
He claimed Raymond and their mum went to the GP on December 23 last year ‘because he was in so much pain’.
But apparently the doctor told him ‘there is no need for you to be here’ and said to his mum ‘there is nothing wrong with him’.
Last week a post-mortem concluded Raymond’s death was related to his hernia.
His mum Christina said: ‘The post-mortem said it was caused by a loss of blood after his hernia burst through his stomach wall.’
A letter from the GP was sent to Raymond dated Christmas Eve – but was received by his family after his death.
The note, seen by the Daily Record, was from Midlock Medical Centre in Govan, Glasgow and read: ‘You attended our surgery on December 23.
‘There was no reason for your attendance and when asked to leave you swore and were offensive to our office manager.
‘Repetition of this behaviour will result in your removal from our list.’
Gary added: ‘He was treated so badly it wouldn’t have been surprising. He was clearly really suffering but no one wanted to know.
‘I don’t want another family to be treated the way Raymond was treated.’
The surgery told Metro.co.uk: ‘The practice is unable to comment at this stage.’
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