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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
Yeah, if I wasn't already convinced how much the NHS sucked before, all the various threads here about it by UK folks have really won me over...  |
I work in the NHS and I do whinge about the NHS - it should be much better for the amount of money it costs. But I think it's much better than nothing.
When my Dad was taken into hospital three weeks ago the one thing Mum didn't have to worry about finding money to pay for it. He had a whole series of tests and ended up lying in a hospital bed waiting for a theatre slot in order to have angioplasty.
We were frustrated that it took 13 days from admission to discharge but we knew he was in the best place. We moaned (esp Mum who doesn't drive and had to get lifts/ take the bus for the best part of two weeks - and missed him terribly of course) and commented on how in another country he'd have had the operation the same day. We didn't really talk about the fact that in another country they might have had to sell the house to pay for the operation, or in fact he might just have died (not referring to America here of course). Too depressing- better to moan about the bus journey instead.
The positive part of the waiting is that Dad is easily bored and hates to be away from all his little projects, so he promises faithfully he won't suffer chest pain stoically ever again - he'll be at the Doctors the same afternoon.