A man has had a leg amputated five years after medics failed to refer him for further tests when he had pain in his big toe and his right foot was turning black.
Len Bruno, 71, went to the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend, and while he had an aneurysm behind both knee joints, he was told he probably had a small clot in his right leg that had resolved itself.
But over the coming years Len, of Aberavon, Port Talbot, developed pain, including cramps, in his left leg and he was referred for further tests which confirmed he had aneurysms measuring 3.6cm and 3.4cm behind his left and right knees respectively, which were restricting blood flow.
