Cabbie Steve back behind the wheel thanks to Sussex Treatment Centre
Published: 7th July 2010
A London cabbie is back in business behind the wheel and hoping to resume an active sporting life thanks to a shoulder operation at the Care UK run Sussex Orthopaedic NHS Treatment Centre, ay Haywards Heath.
Steve, from Sidcup, in Kent, who is a West Ham season ticket holder, dislocated his shoulder while skiing. After he failed to recover sufficiently, Steve underwent an MRI scan that revealed he needed an operation for a rotator cuff tear. He feared this would involve a long wait and recovery time that would affect his livelihood as well as his sporting interests.
However, after having his operation at the Sussex Orthopaedic NHS Treatment Centre in May, Steve is now back at work in London and hopes to be able to resume skiing and playing golf before too long.
Said Steve: “They were magnificent at the Treatment Centre. They could not help me enough. Everything was very professional and even now since the operation they are phoning me up to check on my progress. I simply cannot thank them enough.”
Pamela Mackie, General Manager at the Sussex Orthopaedic NHS Treatment Centre said: “I am delighted that Steve is now back at work again. Stories such as his are always very encouraging for the whole team at the Centre.
“We feel make a real difference to the lives of our patients and Steve is typical of people who are able to resume an active lifestyle as a result of the work we carry out here. It is very much a team effort.”
The Sussex Orthopaedic NHS Treatment Centre has carried out more than five and a half thousand procedures in the last twelve months. In all, the Centre has performed more than 20,000 procedures since opening in June 2006.
Steve, from Sidcup, in Kent, who is a West Ham season ticket holder, dislocated his shoulder while skiing. After he failed to recover sufficiently, Steve underwent an MRI scan that revealed he needed an operation for a rotator cuff tear. He feared this would involve a long wait and recovery time that would affect his livelihood as well as his sporting interests.
However, after having his operation at the Sussex Orthopaedic NHS Treatment Centre in May, Steve is now back at work in London and hopes to be able to resume skiing and playing golf before too long.
Said Steve: “They were magnificent at the Treatment Centre. They could not help me enough. Everything was very professional and even now since the operation they are phoning me up to check on my progress. I simply cannot thank them enough.”
Pamela Mackie, General Manager at the Sussex Orthopaedic NHS Treatment Centre said: “I am delighted that Steve is now back at work again. Stories such as his are always very encouraging for the whole team at the Centre.
“We feel make a real difference to the lives of our patients and Steve is typical of people who are able to resume an active lifestyle as a result of the work we carry out here. It is very much a team effort.”
The Sussex Orthopaedic NHS Treatment Centre has carried out more than five and a half thousand procedures in the last twelve months. In all, the Centre has performed more than 20,000 procedures since opening in June 2006.