Letters to the Editor: Lost faith in our broken healthcare system

'I would not be writing this email if I had faith in the HSE, but after nearly three years of this I have lost total faith in the doctors, the HSE, and this country.'

I am writing to you in frustration regarding the HSE and being neglected over a life-threatening medical condition.

I was diagnosed with a perforated bowel in October 2021 and was told I need surgery, and yet I still wait for it. I did have an operation in February 2021 due to perforated bowel and was given a colostomy bag. Soon after the surgery, I had yet another perforated bowel, but due to the surgery and the fresh scar, the abscess was able to come out, and now I wear two colostomy bags. One is where the abscess can go into, and I have been wearing it for the last two and half years with zero treatment.