Our patients stories
We are part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We are proud of the amazing stories of our patients, and we would like to share it with you.
George lost his right leg above the knee in an accident. Initially, he tried using a conventional prosthesis to help him mobilise. Unfortunately, the process of fitting a prosthetic limb...
After a successful operation to insert a bone-anchor into his femur, George shares his experience of undergoing osseointegration surgery...
After a tragic accident in 2009, Miles sustained such severe damage to his right leg that he and his surgeons decided that it would be in his best interests to have an amputation of the leg above the knee. Since osseointegration surgery was not yet offered routinely...
In July 2018, Heather and her a husband were returning from a celebration of their youngest son’s graduation in Portsmouth. Near Weymouth, they were involved in a road traffic accident. Sadly, Heather’s husband passed away at the site of the crash...
Ebtehal, 33, was diagnosed with the autoimmune condition lupus in 2008. It causes the body’s own immune system to attack the internal organs and tissues and over time Ebtehal’s kidney function started to deteriorate...
A complex reconstructive surgery saved a mother’s life
Afaf Al Thufairi arrived in the UK from Kuwait and was first admitted to the Royal Free London Private Patients Unit in 2022, for gangrene on both hands and feet, developed as a result of acute Covid illness and prolonged intensive care...
Father living for decades with kidney disease was given a new hope by son
Mohamed Al Azemi, international patient from Kuwait, 60, was diagnosed with kidney disease in 1994. As a father of five boys and three girls and then working for the civil service...