Woman, 42, sent home from hospital during 'massive heart attack'
A Western Australian grandmother suffering a “massive heart attack” said she was sent home from a hospital with painkillers because there was nothing they could do for her.
Mandii Tennick, 42, arrived at Peel Health Campus by ambulance last week after she began to experience chest pains.
She said she never thought it was possible that she was suffering a heart attack – especially given the reaction she claims she received from staff at the hospital.
“There's nothing we can do for you, you have to leave,” she told 7 News.
With the pain showing no signs of improvement an hour later, she took matters into her own hands.
She caught an Uber from her home to Mandurah Station, a train to Murdoch and a bus to Fiona Stanley Hospital.
It was there she learnt just how serious her condition was. Tests confirmed the main artery to her heart was almost completely blocked.
“'You're having a massive heart attack,' they said,” Ms Tennick recalled.
“This time last week I could have been dead, my family could have been burying me, this week.”
She now has permanent heart damage.
Mandurah Mayor Rhys Williams said extra resources must be poured into their local hospital given the facilities have remain largely unchanged since the campus was first built in 1997.
That is despite the population more than doubling in that time.
Ms Tennick has now made a formal complaint against Peel Health Campus, who are investigating the matter.
Yahoo7 News has contacted Peel Health Campus for comment.
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