Posted on 09/09/2025 6:47:49 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Hundreds of people queued for hours in Bristol in the hope of joining an NHS dentist.
Lodge Causeway Dental Centre, in Fishponds, recently recruited three new dentists, which meant it could take on an additional 3,000 patients.
People queued from the early hours of the morning on Saturday 6 September, with many saying it is a struggle to find affordable dental treatment in the South West.
One man queuing told ITV News West Country: "I was up at about half past five this morning to get an NHS dentist. I've been trying for the last two years to get an NHS dentist in Bristol, and it's been impossible."
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Back in June of 24 I had open heart surgery and it took 3.5 months from my initial echocardiogram to being released from the hospital after surgery including all tests beforehand
Meanwhile here in America, we have a dentist’s office about 15 miles away that is open on weekends and takes walk-in emergency patients. His fees are comparable to other dentists in town.
“...took 3.5 months from my initial echocardiogram to being released from the hospital...”
3.5 months seems like a very long time. Is it? I don’t know.
That said, I wonder how many of those queueing could afford to go private, but won’t because “free” (SNORT) means more to them than their teeth.
Not really when you consider I went from no idea I had a heart condition to open heart surgery, those 3.5 months included 6-7 tests and a similar number of consultations with a cardiologist and surgeons unless you need emergency surgery I considered the very short
Was that in the US or Canada?
Jacksonville, Florida - Baptist Hospital, surgery was in the downtown hospital where all the major surgeries like I had happen.
That is a long time. I’ve not had a surgery like that, but I’ve had both knees replaced and the time span was about two weeks between identification of the problem and the surgery. Perhaps the seriousness of your surgery and the age distribution between there and my area has something to do with it.
I had hip replacement surgery about 7 years before the open heart surgery at the same hospital, from the first doctor visit to the surgery was less than 10 days, the entire thing was less than 2 weeks and I was home walking around.
The test for hip surgery was a basic x-ray to show the Cartlidge was gone in the hip joint and the surgeon told me my only recourse was surgery to relieve the pain.
Like I said for the open heart surgery, I saw multiple doctors, had 6-7 tests to determine the extent of the problem, one of the tests was with general anesthesia, another I was in the hospital all day under sedation with my arm immobilized, another was CT scan with contrast which means an IV was inserted in my arm that show the contrast of the heart as blood flowed thru it, this test was used to discover that I had an aortic aneurysm that had to be repaired during the surgery.
When you are the one having the surgery, 3.5 months is nothing when they tell you they stop your heart for an extended period of time and they performed a full sternotomy , meaning your chest was completely separated.
I was in cardiac ICU for 6 days/5 nights, compared to 1 night in the hospital for hip replacement surgery.
Yep. And there are politicians who want to bring this here - while THEY have private health insurance and are able to access health care immediately.
I fear it is already happening. I needed an appointment with and ophthalmologist - there were no appointments available for any in my network before December. Good thing this isn’t life threatening.
California - where parasitice illegals have the right to “free” health - care - and take advantage of it - and us - frequently.
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