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A care home resident with Asperger’s Syndrome suffered permanent damage after staff left him with an erection for four days, according to the findings of a report.
The man, identified only as Y, was later diagnosed with having a Priapism, a painful and long-lasting erection, when he was eventually taken to hospital.
NHS guidance says if someone has an erection that lasts more than two hours to call 999 or got to A&E as prompt treatment is needed to avoid permanent tissue damage.
The hospital told the man’s mother he had to undergo surgery and has been left with permanent damage, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman was told.