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2010-03-30 Britain

Dying Patient Was Refused A Glass Of Water

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Posted by gorb 2010-03-30 01:04|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 But the Democrats are mightily impressed that countries with socialist healthcare systems enjoy longer life spans than us poor slobs in the US.

Posted by Gomez Threter7450 2010-03-30 02:16|| 2010-03-30 02:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Admitted early enough in the morning to allow the wife and daughter to rush off to the shops just as they opened? Poor bugger might be better off where he's at now.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-03-30 07:17|| 2010-03-30 07:17|| Front Page Top

#3 It's when as a patient you're moved from the status of 'customer' to 'expense'.

This system is way overworked and underpaid. Period. You get what you pay for, and this is a system with no competition.

Then, of course, you have the American public education system which is, comparatively, not overworked or underpaid. It's the monopoly without real consequences, that we get what we pay for.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-03-30 09:31|| 2010-03-30 09:31|| Front Page Top

#4 This is becoming a habit of the NHS

Earlir this month

A man of 22 died in agony of dehydration after three days in a leading teaching hospital.

Kane Gorny was so desperate for a drink that he rang police to beg for their help. They arrived on the ward only to be told by doctors that everything was under control.

Posted by Beavis 2010-03-30 09:43|| 2010-03-30 09:43|| Front Page Top

#5 *Earlier*

Preview is my firnd....

Posted by Beavis 2010-03-30 09:44|| 2010-03-30 09:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Preview is my firnd....

It certainly is. ;-)

Posted by gorb 2010-03-30 10:18|| 2010-03-30 10:18|| Front Page Top

#7 A coffee break for 15 minutes every hour does have consequences, just as it would if TSA is SEIU-gangsterized.

Posted by jack salami 2010-03-30 11:19|| 2010-03-30 11:19|| Front Page Top

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