“Broke my back skiing a few years back and no morphine till after x-ray ‘”
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My God,that must have been BRUTAL.
Why the wait?
I broke a wrist and they gave me a shot of something while I waited for the X-Rays.
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I lived in the UK for several years. Their emergency medical is quite good. Their normal care for normal illness is moderately okay.
If you have a severe problem that is expensive to treat but is not life threatening get in line it will be a few months. If you have an immediate life threating illness that can not wait least you die, go to Heaathrow Airport and fly to India or the United States and your life may be saved. India is cheaper. They have good doctors at a fraction of the cost of the USA.