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by M H » Mon Oct 15, 2012 6:53 pm
Don't get me wrong we've had run ins at hospitals as well mate, usually with the admin tossers.
One occasion my Dad was in a side room recovering from a heart attack and they wanted to move him to a ward he hated. Luckily I was there at the time and told them they could fuck right off he aint going anywhere. They pleaded that this patient needed the room so I told them to find another room and give that to the patient. Funny thing was a porter turned up and I glared at him, said you can get right out of here as he aint going nowhere! The porter was there to take the old man down for an x ray!
Another occasion they phoned my Mum to tell her they were moving the old man onto the ward he hated from the heart ward. She called my brother and I and we both laid into them. He wasn't moved as they can't move a patient without the patient's consent, or the patient's next of kin.
Then there was a time the old man was in a rehab ward after busting his achilles tendon. I visited on the Saturday lunchtime and could see he wasn't well, with his heart, lungs and kidney conditions any illness was potentially fatal. Being Saturday in a hospital all that's there is part time doctors, the real one's get the weekend off.
I had to threaten to sue this doctor to get a blood test done which came back showing he had a chest infection, to him potentially fatal. The treatment started twelve hours after I initially saw that doctor.
The story is mate, don't take any shit
When you actually feel anger over a place like this it's time to get a life