Dr Pavol Palcovic, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine 2019-08-28 Person 2 5 0

My anaesthetist prior to shoulder replacement surgery at Kims. Pleasant manner but slightly ambivalent, nonchalant approach. On operating table, managed to incorrectly fit canular to my arm so contents of drip went everywhere. In his efforts to stop this caused extra trauma / bruising to my wrist. Then injected me with a standard pre-op antibiotic, in the knowledge that I was allergic to penicilin. One of the theatre nurses tried to query this but was dismissed by him. Subsequently I suffered an allergic reaction to this antibiotic (cefalozin) which is apparently common in those allergic to penicilin. Luckily it was only a minor reaction. I haven't scored him totally untrustworthy as I went to sleep and woke up at the right times pre and post surgery! More attention to detail required on his part.