ENDOCARDITIS: James' story
Episode description
James Wilkinson was on holiday in Turkey when he realised something wasn’t right. On this episode, Bill Snaddon from the BHF talks with James about the diagnosis that threw his life into a spin - and how an anxious wait for heart surgery during the Covid pandemic led James to bypassing the NHS, opting instead to have his operation done privately.
More on endocarditis:
https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/conditions/endocarditis
'Hospital waiting lists for crucial heart care continue to rise': James' story in a BHF news comment piece
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