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rob, Wed 14 Jan 2004, 13:01)
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Bad NHS ExperiencesI'm sure many of you b3tans out there have had a bad experience made even worse by the overloaded NHS. This is my personal story.
In april this year, in Aberdeen, on camp with the school Cadet force. Anyhoo, long story short, I cut my knee right to the bone on a glass bottle. Upon arriving at hospital, I had to wait 45 minutes to be seen by the nurse, who changed the dressings on my cut. Taken through to a hospital room, sat facing the (open) door. Bear in mind that I was wearing combat gear AND camoflauge paint, so pretty embarrassing when the nurses went by. Anyway, I had to wait there for 2 hours, and started bleeding like a pig when I stood up to go for a piss. Finally, I was taken for an X-ray, after
which I had to wait for another 45 minutes to get put in a room. Here's how it went : Wait 1 hour - get tetanus shot(dunno why!) - wait 1 hour - get wound examined - wait 2 FUCKING HOURS!!!! for the doctor to stitch it up, during which the anaesthetic wore off, which hurt!. Then I waited 30 minutes to get splinted
and left. Also, it took an hour to get back to camp, as the driver got lost. Total waiting time = 7 hours !!!!!!
Whats your story ?
No apologies for length.
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(1st post btw)
(, Tue 29 Aug 2006, 17:40, Reply)
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