tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post1644618946301958..comments2023-11-05T10:53:07.638+00:00Comments on Patently Rubbish: Taking Aim at Targetspatentlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00602962323262055007noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083855923964640893.post-72024410418693391242010-03-20T00:18:21.260+00:002010-03-20T00:18:21.260+00:00I took a friend to hospital with acute appendiciti...I took a friend to hospital with acute appendicitis.<br />He was seen within 20 minutes then put on a trolley and told he would be OK. A doctor would see him again shortly.<br />Waited about 2 hours without anyone coming. A nurse said that a doctor couldn't come as they were very busy with a knifed teenager.<br />FFS I thought. What kind of place is this!<br />Waited another hour. Watched a very stressed big built nurse telling the local loonies to sit down or get out as they were very busy that night and had no time for their nonsense. He also turfed the drunks out. Told them all to clear off. I asked him why were so busy and he said everyone was working on these two knifed kids and I would have to be patient. <br />As I sat next to a woman a doctor came over and called her away to tell her her son had died.<br /><br />I will never complain about waiting again.<br />They do know what they are doing.<br />They saw my 3 month, very high temperature child at once while telling a bloke with a badly gashed head to sit still and he wouldn't die if he pressed the paper towels harder.<br /><br />4 hours. It feels like ten anyway. As long as you've been quickly assessed then let them get on with it.Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.com