Call me a cynic, but I can see the Government now doing something about the overcrowding as their own are affected.
Failing that, he’ll be let go as he didn’t go private like the rest of them.
Moral of this story – never give up the smokes
He will be shunned for not having private insurance like the rest of them. I’m surprised a private hospital isn’t treating him for free tbh.
While I wouldn’t wish it on anybody, there is a potential benefit of a TD being in this situation.
It surprises me that someone senior in the hospital didn’t realise who he was and get him the VIP treatment
r/LeopardsAteMyFace
I don’t wish this on anyone, but this sort of thing is the only thing that will move the issue forward.
Politicians are only motivated by self interest. Since they’ve left the HSE get so fucked that even they are victims of it’s inadequacies, we might finally see some actual effort put into resolving the shitshow.
However, I don’t have high hopes.
TD or not it shouldn’t matter, I have a deep seeded fury at the ever increasing shithole that is critical healthcare in Ireland. We have a very very modest population, we are a wealthy nation yet even best a&e experience is hours upon hours waiting.
My last trip to a and e was 3 years ago, 9 hours on a hard plastic chair to see a tired looking triage doctor at 2 am. He was lovely but you could see they were suffering.
HSE is a basket case and I don’t think anyone knows what the answer is to fix it.
They made the bed, good enough for then to lay in.
And still we keep increasing our population.
It’s good to know that if I ever need urgent medical attention good healthcare is only a flight away.
Anyone else get the feeling this is a story meant to humanise FGaelers and make them seem more down to earth, normal, less varadkar-y / like an alien aristocracy? its from the journal after all
i wish him a good recovery, but at the same time /r/leopardsatemyface
I have an incredible list of injuries. Any time I’ve gone to A&E. I have been seen extremely quickly in the hospital that gets the most media attention for slow medical service. If you are in bad shape or it truly is a medical emergency, you will be looked after but we do not have enough beds in wards and staff for our ever expanding population. The problem isn’t A&E. The problem is the transition from there to the ward. I have spent a significant amount of time in hospitals. In one event in a ward, a patient was discharged. They’re bed was empty all day, I asked a nurse what was happening with the bed, she said it needs to be cleaned and they can’t do it because it will create an issue with the cleaning staff, who wasn’t even there. That bed was empty until the following day. Nurses hands were tied.
I have a neighbour, every single month since their child was born, they take their child to A&E. I ask why… I shit you not, They’re response is…. ‘The child wasn’t sleeping and had a temperature’… I’d then ask how the child was the following day and they’d tell me… ‘Oh They’re fine, but if there was an issue, to head straight back in’…. reasons for going to A&E include teething.
Why people down vote this is beyond me. It’s shit like this that adds to the over crowding, and lack of beds.
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Call me a cynic, but I can see the Government now doing something about the overcrowding as their own are affected.
Failing that, he’ll be let go as he didn’t go private like the rest of them.
Moral of this story – never give up the smokes
He will be shunned for not having private insurance like the rest of them. I’m surprised a private hospital isn’t treating him for free tbh.
While I wouldn’t wish it on anybody, there is a potential benefit of a TD being in this situation.
It surprises me that someone senior in the hospital didn’t realise who he was and get him the VIP treatment
r/LeopardsAteMyFace
I don’t wish this on anyone, but this sort of thing is the only thing that will move the issue forward.
Politicians are only motivated by self interest. Since they’ve left the HSE get so fucked that even they are victims of it’s inadequacies, we might finally see some actual effort put into resolving the shitshow.
However, I don’t have high hopes.
TD or not it shouldn’t matter, I have a deep seeded fury at the ever increasing shithole that is critical healthcare in Ireland. We have a very very modest population, we are a wealthy nation yet even best a&e experience is hours upon hours waiting.
My last trip to a and e was 3 years ago, 9 hours on a hard plastic chair to see a tired looking triage doctor at 2 am. He was lovely but you could see they were suffering.
HSE is a basket case and I don’t think anyone knows what the answer is to fix it.
They made the bed, good enough for then to lay in.
And still we keep increasing our population.
It’s good to know that if I ever need urgent medical attention good healthcare is only a flight away.
Anyone else get the feeling this is a story meant to humanise FGaelers and make them seem more down to earth, normal, less varadkar-y / like an alien aristocracy? its from the journal after all
i wish him a good recovery, but at the same time /r/leopardsatemyface
I have an incredible list of injuries. Any time I’ve gone to A&E. I have been seen extremely quickly in the hospital that gets the most media attention for slow medical service. If you are in bad shape or it truly is a medical emergency, you will be looked after but we do not have enough beds in wards and staff for our ever expanding population. The problem isn’t A&E. The problem is the transition from there to the ward. I have spent a significant amount of time in hospitals. In one event in a ward, a patient was discharged. They’re bed was empty all day, I asked a nurse what was happening with the bed, she said it needs to be cleaned and they can’t do it because it will create an issue with the cleaning staff, who wasn’t even there. That bed was empty until the following day. Nurses hands were tied.
I have a neighbour, every single month since their child was born, they take their child to A&E. I ask why… I shit you not, They’re response is…. ‘The child wasn’t sleeping and had a temperature’… I’d then ask how the child was the following day and they’d tell me… ‘Oh They’re fine, but if there was an issue, to head straight back in’…. reasons for going to A&E include teething.
Why people down vote this is beyond me. It’s shit like this that adds to the over crowding, and lack of beds.
He should call his local TD!