Really? A whistleblower in the Queensland Health system? Now?
Funny - I knew about the problems in the Redcliffe Hospital Emergency Ward nearly 2 years ago when I needed to be rushed for help with a possible heart problem. It was blatantly obvious after the fact that the Ambo was trying to talk me out of it but he couldn't directly say so.
"Where would you like to go? Redcliffe or RBH?" (Royal Brisbane Hospital)
"Which one is better?"
"Both are about the same distance but it may take longer to be seen at RBH."
"Oh well then... I dunno... just go to Redcliffe - saves taking you through traffic and dickheads on the roads."
"Are you sure?"
"Should I go to RBH?"
"Oh, RBH is good, it's just the waiting..."
"Well, if it's a heart thing, I should probably get seen to sooner, eh? OK, let's go to Redcliffe."
"Oh... OK then...." (and then a strange silence)
I don't even have time to write about all the problems I saw in the 2 days I was in that hospital. THEN I was chastised by doctors for wanting to transfer to the Wesley because I had top shelf private cover (they wouldn't let me out before the 2nd day even though it took a day and a half to see a doc!)
In short, NONE of the problems in the health system are going to be fixed until Petie Beater, Annada Blight, or any of those other socialist meatheads need to be hospitalised in the public system.
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Oh hell, there you go, doing heaps of posts while I wasn't looking!
Sorry I'm in a rush, but will drop by latter, just wanted to let you know that bottoms have been revisited!
Happy valentines!
There's the old Blog-Sauce Bottle again :)
Intriguing, if for no other reason than I would never have imagined paramedics asking a sick patient which hospital they wanted to go to! I didn't think you had a choice about where the ambulance would drop you off. Just goes to show how bad things are; I guess they didn't want you to blame them if you had to wait forever to see a doctor.
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