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1. Tony LaRocca
   February 25th, 2008 at 4:20 pm

   That is seriously messed up. Thanks for giving me something else to link to when someone from England starts bashing the US!

2. avraamov
   February 25th, 2008 at 6:35 pm

   indeed. the target culture gets it’s ugly tentacles into everything. and so, it seems, does michael moore…

3. MidwestMedic
   February 25th, 2008 at 7:06 pm

   This problem should be blamed on the hospital and it’s administrators, not the country the hospital is in. We have similar problems in the US. It’s not uncommon to take a pt to the ER and have them put “in the hallway” either a bed or chair in the ER hallway, hoping a room can open soon. Yes, they’ll get care, but not the same level as if they were in a room…not cardiac monitors in the hallway…nurses just taking extra pts to cover hallway pts, so they really don’t want them…they are already spread too thin by that time….at least in the ambulance there is a medic right there for them…mind you this also stinks becuase the ambulance likely needs to leave to make other runs, so this would negatively effect the whole city/area the hospital is in.

4. Christophe
   February 26th, 2008 at 12:10 am

   Another great advance in bureaucracy stupidity. I wonder if they have a Nobel prince for that, caus’ they’ll win it!

5. Sid Morrison
   February 26th, 2008 at 9:45 am

   Ahhh, the wonders of socialized medicine.

6. Lea
   February 26th, 2008 at 1:18 pm

   Thank you Midwest Medic. That problem is not confined to England in the least. I’ve had to wait hours in the ER before with minor hemorraging due to a cyst. Hurt like nothing else. Actually, I got sent home three times before they figured out it WAS a hemorraging cyst.
   AND my dad and aunt were both put ON HOLD by 911 when my mother fell ill from meningitis.

7. Air ambulance doctor
   July 14th, 2008 at 11:02 am

   Four hours is the time people can die. Do they understand this fact?

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