NHS - RANT!

[FRASER]

Spent 2 hours in A&E tonight for nothing. Whilst using a hammer and chisel this afternoon a bit of metal shot off andd hit me in the arm. Once the bleed calmed down, I could see it was a puncture wound and obviously not beeing able to find any metal I assume it was in my arm.

I wasn,t that fussed but the missus kept nagging "if it gets infected", So I gave in and went to the hospital.

After an hour I was X-rayed. Half an hour later, a student doctor examined me , showed me the piece of metal in my arm on the X-ray and said "it's not affecting your arm. so we'll just leave it where it is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What about a Tetanus jab?

No it's a clean wound. and you said it wasn't rusty metal, BUT come back if it becomes infected!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a waste of fucking time

[timster]

Seems a bit ameturish on their part?

[cosmo]

Fraser, why are they going to leave the metal in there

[COZZFATHER]

SAME THING LADS HAPPENED TO MY MATE forklift chris, he was wopping a hammer on a hammer and he knows your not supposed to do it but he was fixing the handle and gave it a smack and saw a flash and got wounded by chrapnel, it went straight in to his belly and he did the same as Fraser,4 hrs later they reckon its in his fat layer and theres nowt to worry about see ya!!!

[Grantcos]

You will be getting strip searched or worse at the airports when the metal detector go's off

[timster]

'king hell! next they'll have a drive through mcdonalds style setup!

[COZZFATHER]

look on the bright side Fraser,you can now weigh your self in for scrap value

[warrenpenalver]

got a good magnet?? pull it out yourself you wuss

[FRASER]

Fraser, why are they going to leave the metal in there

I'm not happy about it and now thinking about getting a second opinion tomorrow. But it didn't help that the X-Ray showed a foreign object in my left index finger that had been there for years

The reason's for not removing it would be,
1. student doctor,
2. almost shift change over,
3. it's lying in skin tissue and not stuck in muscle or a tendon.

4. Our local hospital is a training hospital and they probably didn't have a clue how to remove it. It has flats on the site for the student nurse and doctors.

The other thing is the Woman who X-rayed me is a relative and she said they'll cut that one out but I'm not sure about the old one in your finger. I think I should call her tomorrow for some advice.

But the comment "come back if it gets infected" and no Tetanus jab finally convinced me the NHS is a waste of time and money

[cossynath]

Seems a bit shit that does mate! i would go back and get a second opinion off another nurse, or say its hurting you, i wouldnt fancy a bit of metal left in my arm for no reason....

[COZZFATHER]

last time that happened to me matey i just remembered i went the docs and the lady doc fair doo's got a syringe scraper type thing and had a right old dig,got either a bit of windscreen glass or a big thorn that had dissapeared, it may be worth a trip the doc's and not the hozzy

[FRASER]

My self pre-scribed alcohol based liquid antiseptic is now making me drowsy so i'm off to bed

PS did you know that X-Rays now go on a computer system and can be pulled up at any access point in the hospital

[DaveEsccos]

lol, went to A&E with my ex a while back over her little boy having a head wound. Usual story, we wouldnt let him sleep. At 11PM (we had been there 7 hrs) it was well past his bed time, we were told its now ok to let head wounded people sleep.... its only a problem if they cant wake up.... I MEAN WTF???????

[richyx]

mhs are shit mate, i collapsed on monday and had to get an ambulance to get me as i couldnt stand up due to dizzyness was so bad, they examined at home before taking me in, i was waiting 2 hrs before being seen too, had a quick check over, and founf out i had menatl health issues in my doctors notes so wasnt pleased about that, then he said they will give me some tablets to calm dizzyness and need to check my blood pressure, this was another 3 hrs, i was the only one n a&e at this point, after that they gave me a ewg i thing it was monitoring my heart pulse, then said they wont give me tablets but to go see my local gp as they dont know whats causing the dizzyness

so emergency appointment at docs, she was not impressed they didnt give me any frm of tablets or a discharge letter, and she gave me aprescription for sme drugs as it tyrns out i have a viral infection from a cold causing the part of brain to swell up to cause the dizzynes and should clear within 2-3 weeks

[Dave]

If the NHS are so rubbish as you all seem to think, why don't you go private then?

Oh yes that's right, you have to pay

I have nothing but praise for the hard working under funded under paid staff of the NHS, if it wasn't for them I would be dead at least 3 times now.