How good are your hospitals?

Question

Nurse: Doctor, the man you've just treated collapsed on the front step what should I do?
Doctor: Turn him around so it looks like he was just arriving!

Doctors' don't admit mistakes, they just re arrange them or bury them.

Answer 1

Isn't that just a normal procedure ? A Doctor continues the practice because he/she just never seems to get it right ;0]

Answer 2

Where do I start? The National Health service is free to all here in England and is paid for by the Government by deducting contributions from peoples wages in theory. Even if you have no job, or are an illegal immigrant, you still get treated as we have a duty of care.The Health service is in financial crisis at the moment.Therefore we are making cuts. Nurses have lost jobs, ancillary services have been tendered out to private companies.However,despite the bad press we have been getting,everyone is being treated,and the waiting time in A&E has been cut to 4 hours maximum.The only problem I find is that it is now being run like a buisiness and has lost the human element, and nurses and doctors are now seen as numbers, as are the patients.It is all about targets now and making sure that we reach them.After work, (I am in A&E) I come home exhausted, but I do keep a quirkey and dark sense of humour as some of you may know. Sometimes people don't get it or can get upset, but it is a coping mechanism and sometimes if I didn't laugh I would cry.

Answer 3

I recently spent close to four days in a local hospital that is
striving to become the number one, in the county. I went to
this hospital because my husband had such great care during
a knee surgery. I went in with a bout of Congestive Heart
Failure and my legs, feet and ankles didn't even look like my
own. They barely started doing blood work and found out I
had three separate infections going on. All related to my
kidneys, and my kidneys were beginning to shut down they
said. That got my attention, quick. I never saw such a flurry
of staff walking around fast, and I had an IV put into me and
they were taking blood out of the other arm again. I never saw so many people hovering in all my life. And I knew I was
in very good hands. I had a scan while I was there on a brand
new machine, and I was the second patient to use it I was
told. It was much faster than machines I'd used before. And I
was in and out in five or so minutes. And an orderly was right
there to wheel me back to my room as soon as I was done.
I can't complain about anything, other than the food. It was like
chewing on cardboard with no taste. But one of the nurses
did order me something special that gave me some appetite
and I savored every last bite. It was still heart healthy, but it
didn't taste like cardboard probably would.
I was glad I had chosen that hospital rather than the under-
staffed and overworked VA hospital I go to for specialty doc
tors. I never had to wait for anyone I rang for. And I really
appreciated that. So that hospital got a thumbs up from me.

Answer 4

I think our hospitals are good but terribly understaffed to save money at our expense. Three years ago, my doctor sent me to the hospital ER at 10:00am with a note stating I had a gastric hemorrhage. I waited in line standing to see the triage nurse until 4:00pm during which time I had semi-fainted then was allowed to sit. After seeing her, I had my bloodwork done and continued to wait in the ER waiting room which was full until midnight at which time we were told it would be another two hours of waiting so I told them I wanted to go home and they said I couldn't because I was a very sick woman! I finally got to lay down on a stretcher at 12:30am and then waited until 7:00am to be admitted. This hospital closed last week and a new hospital opened but I hope I never have to use it. If I ever have something serious happen again, I'm calling 911 because all the ambulance patients seemed to go right on in.

Answer 5

Well, I have been to the doctor approximately 10 times for the same rash over the past 2 years. Guess what, I still have it. My mother had surgery recently for clogged arteries in her legs, the doctor operated on the wrong leg. My psych doctor overdosed me on meds and then passed it off as the flu. My fathers doctor overdosed him on morphine. Foote Hospital and the center for family health in Michigan. The nurses almost killed my sister and nephew after sending her home with false labor pains because she wasn't dialating, turns out her son was coming out breech, he was born as black as coal due to lack of oxygen. These are only a few things that have had a direct effect upon me and my family. Decide for yourself, I think we have the best hospital and low income clinic in the world. haha.

Answer 6

I'm in Australia, and until recently I might have said that our hospital system is "so-so". But 2 weeks ago, my dearest friend was diagnosed with bowel cancer. She has no insurance, so was at the mercy of the public hospital system. Within 3 days, she was talking to the chief of the oncology department, and the surgeon. Two days after that, she was receiving the first of her chemotherapy sessions. She has had visits from counsellors, social workers, physiotherapists and home nurses. All of them have given her their personal phone numbers in case she needs anything. Her home has been altered to make life easier while she is ill. and all of this has cost her not one red cent. I guess I'll have to revise my previous thoughts on our health system.

Answer 7

good one A -- this sounds like our local hospital

when i had my first heart attack 4 years ago, they let me lay there for 10 1/2 hours before they came in and said "you've had a heart attack - we're going to call in the cardiologist"
i told them, "don't bother just get me the h out of here and take me to Riverside" (about 45 minutes away, but well worth the trip) and turned out to only be about 25 minutes when you go in an ambulance with lights AND sirens !! ZOOM !!!!!

Answer 8

I couldn't agree more. I 've had some serious issues with my local hospital. I think its because its basically a private hospital that is partly govt run and funded so the staffing levels are not as they would be in a normal govt hospital.

Answer 9

Right on..they are good places to die in...had a friend fall 30 feet out of a tree...they spent a week torturing him before they allowed the family to pull the plug...all the while saying we are not sure how severe the damage...duh

Answer 10

Chuckles!!! Things always look different after rearranging! LOL