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Osem · 13-04-2016, 08:53

When I was in A&E on successive nights before my surgery I was in absolute agony and at one point collapsed onto the floor by reception writhing in pain. At one point I recall one of the staff saying something like 'you can't lie there sir'... It was about 10 mins. before someone eventually helped me onto a wheelchair and took me off to see the medics. Numerous staff saw me lying there but nobody seemed to want to help.

I was later admitted and spent about a week in hospital being pumped full of antibiotics and praying I wouldn't develop severe pancreatitis.

The reality is that the staff in these places are exposed to all sorts of things and I feel inevitably lose some of their empathy at times, especially at the sharp end in places like A&E where they have to deal with all sorts of people (some of whom are unpleasant in the extreme) in all sorts of mental and physical states. I don't condone uncaring behaviour but do appreciate why it sometimes happens.

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@ Multiskilled - in my defence at the time I posted that I had no way of knowing what he'd posted as he's on my ignore list. IIRC his post also had one of the usual ambiguous anti Tory/Boris rant titles which needs to be amended by a mod. in order to make any sense and bear some relation to the topic. My intention was not to belittle the woman's suffering.

13-04-2016, 08:53	#18
Osem Inactive Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Right here! Posts: 22,315	Re: Woman suffered miscarriage on A&E waiting room floor as she waited 4 hours to see When I was in A&E on successive nights before my surgery I was in absolute agony and at one point collapsed onto the floor by reception writhing in pain. At one point I recall one of the staff saying something like 'you can't lie there sir'... It was about 10 mins. before someone eventually helped me onto a wheelchair and took me off to see the medics. Numerous staff saw me lying there but nobody seemed to want to help. I was later admitted and spent about a week in hospital being pumped full of antibiotics and praying I wouldn't develop severe pancreatitis. The reality is that the staff in these places are exposed to all sorts of things and I feel inevitably lose some of their empathy at times, especially at the sharp end in places like A&E where they have to deal with all sorts of people (some of whom are unpleasant in the extreme) in all sorts of mental and physical states. I don't condone uncaring behaviour but do appreciate why it sometimes happens. ---------- Post added at 09:53 ---------- Previous post was at 09:45 ---------- @ Multiskilled - in my defence at the time I posted that I had no way of knowing what he'd posted as he's on my ignore list. IIRC his post also had one of the usual ambiguous anti Tory/Boris rant titles which needs to be amended by a mod. in order to make any sense and bear some relation to the topic. My intention was not to belittle the woman's suffering.