Tell it to this guy.
Posted on 09/14/2009 11:41:51 AM PDT by Charlespg
A retired teacher died of a burst stomach ulcer after a paramedic told her to ‘stop being such a drama queen’ and failed to take her to hospital, an inquest heard yesterday.
Mother-of-three Eileen Ellis-Whitfield, 63, died just hours after an ambulance was called to her home when she fell seriously ill with chronic stomach pains.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Hey, just wait until Obama gives those Acorn workers jobs as Paramedics...won't that be swell?
The other part of the story is the lack of treatment of her ulcers. Pretty easy medicine. A bit puzzling, in fact.
Tell it to this guy.
Well she did comply with the paramedics demands.....
Poor woman.
Sure, it would then become known as "FEEL'S on WHEEL'S"
could have had an esophageal bleed...maybe it was an aneurysm.....or dissection.....
I my years as a paramedic we could not refuse care or transport to anyone who called 911 regardless of what we thought about the lack of urgency for their medical problem. The reason ...we feared being sued for failure to act. If the government is providing the service they have an immunity from law suit.
“The reason ...we feared being sued for failure to act. If the government is providing the service they have an immunity from law suit.”
Lawyers are a pain in the ass, but they serve a purpose.
Hey lawyers...if the government is controlling it (whatever it is), they have an immunity from law suit. Ain't "socialism" grand.
Here!! Here!!!
Absolute agreement. Paramedics will take you to the ER no matter what. If you refuse, they will make every attempt to persuade you to go. They have no wish to get involved in making a medical call that could result in death, winding up in civil, or worse criminal court.
Not to mention their conscience.
Typical day in the UK.
The same crap care the democrats want to give you and your family.
“Britain’s Last Export Of any value is the Cautionary Tale.”
Brilliant line.
I can hardly wait for myself and my colleagues to “chip-off” at exactly 5:01pm every day under ObamaCare
Ah. Just caught the fact that this was in the UK. This is business as usual. I have a distributor there who waited a year for surgery on his gall bladder. Nearly killed him.
Yeah, let’s have that here. Good idea.
It (tort reform) is looking to cap the punitive damage money which is detached from logic and a factor of jury or societal revenge. I am all for paying logical damages for a injury or for a life or whatever. When you get into discomfort, inconvieniences and then dive into punishment just because........., you are in a area that adds a great deal to the cost of malpractice insurance and that goes directly to the cost of care. This is what we need to look at.
Welcome to single payer health care at it’s finest
Here is what Bozo wants for you and yours.
My esophagus constricted one night about a year ago, I actually thought I was having a heart attack, which it mimics. They had to do an emergency balloon dilation. I am now on Nexium, which helps immensely, although I do have a tendency to choke on food occasionally, mostly ground hamburger or rice. I actually drove myself to the hospital that night...of course I got my butt chewed out by everyone for doing so ; )
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