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Patient with ulcer collapses and dies after paramedics tell her: 'Stop being a drama queen' -UK
Daily mail ^ | 4:50 PM on 14th September 2009 | Daily Mail Reporter

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.

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KEYWORDS: deathpanels; healthcare; liberalfascism; moralabsolutes; nhs; obamacare; prolife; rinocare; romneycare; socialism; socializedmedicine
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To: dawn53

I think it must be drilled in their ignorant brains—everything is mental unless you see blood or bones. JERKS! It makes me sick to read stories like this and yours. Yet it keeps happening. We are still in the stone age!!!


61 posted on 09/14/2009 1:42:28 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8 (I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
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To: Haiku Guy
Profoundly true.

Britain may one day be known as “The Islamic Republic of Britain”. Sooner rather then later, I fear.

62 posted on 09/14/2009 1:42:54 PM PDT by Deo volente
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To: ravingnutter

“Wow...that sounds just like my husband, LOL!”

What - your husband goes to the doctor!? ;)

Most everytime I go it is at the urging of my wife, and when I finally give in and go the doctor says “You should have done this sooner....” I am getting better though at listening to my body. And my wife.


63 posted on 09/14/2009 1:46:49 PM PDT by 21twelve (Drive Reality out with a pitchfork if you want , it always comes back.)
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
"That is specist!! (Species attacker!!)"

Oh no...I am much more enlightened than that. You see, if there is no soul, we, along with the animals are just a conglomeration of molecules. In other words, earth dust. We must not discriminate against universal dust, so I say Obama's new Cazar is an intergalactic dust bigot for protecting any earth species.

64 posted on 09/14/2009 1:48:48 PM PDT by Earthdweller (Harvard won the election again...so what's the problem.......?)
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To: Charlespg
Patient with ulcer collapses and dies after paramedics tell her: 'Stop being a drama queen'

Well, she stopped.

65 posted on 09/14/2009 1:49:55 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: bgill

Someone I know was taken to the ER on a holiday weekend. He had severe pain in his shoulders and upper back. The ER nurse scolded him and his family for not waiting to visit the hospital till the weekend was over. He protested that his pain was not responding to pain killers and that he has had heart trouble before. After they pumped him full of morphine, which was not very effective, they ran some tests and were surprised to find that he was having several heart attacks. He had gone in early in the morning. They discovered the problem around early afternoon.


66 posted on 09/14/2009 1:50:44 PM PDT by Moorings
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To: ravingnutter

Omeprazole?


67 posted on 09/14/2009 1:52:16 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: Melian; Cold Heat

Excellent advice.. This topic gets me riled up, and the stories break my heart. There needs to be an overhaul in the communication process... But govt, leave our health care alone!


68 posted on 09/14/2009 1:53:18 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8 (I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
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To: Charlespg

oops!


69 posted on 09/14/2009 1:53:45 PM PDT by nufsed (Release the birth certificate, passport, and school records.)
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To: Earthdweller

LoL! Earthdweller!


70 posted on 09/14/2009 1:58:20 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8 (I am Jim Thompson............................Please pray for our troops....)
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To: 21twelve

My husband has to go to the doctor on a regular basis, he is a 14 year kidney cancer survivor...they removed his kidney and he went through chemo...and just had a triple bypass a couple of years ago. His left side looks like Dr. Frankenstein got ahold of him, although everyone says I spoil him so much that I am the one that created the monster, LOL!


71 posted on 09/14/2009 1:59:54 PM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: Melian

I’m very sorry about your mother. Thanks for sharing your story. It may save a life.


72 posted on 09/14/2009 2:00:04 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: ravingnutter

Have you ever tried ginger? It’s remarkably effective. I buy it at the grocery story. It’s covered with sugar, tastes great and works like a charm.


73 posted on 09/14/2009 2:03:07 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: dsc
Nexium is Esomeprazole. You are thinking of Prilosec, which didn't work for me. I have also used Protonix, which is pantoprazolex, until I had to start taking it twice a day and my insurance company gave me grief about increasing the doseage, so they switched me to the Nexium.
74 posted on 09/14/2009 2:07:46 PM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: ravingnutter

That’s too bad. Omeprazole 40 mg per day has been working for me for about three years now.


75 posted on 09/14/2009 2:11:23 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: trisham

Sugar is one of the main culprits that causes my acid reflux, so I wouldn’t use anything with sugar in it or on it. I have reactive hypoglycemia as well. If I eat sugar, I just bounce off of the walls for awhile then crash and burn and all I want to do then is sleep. I don’t even use sugar substitutes as I worry about them causing cancer, anything sweet just tastes nasty once you get used to not having it. I drink unsweetened tea instead of sodas and just don’t eat sweets. Even some fruits such as strawberries will affect me badly. I don’t use salt either, it makes me bloat horribly.


76 posted on 09/14/2009 2:15:37 PM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: ravingnutter

That must be so difficult. Have you tried low sodium club soda? That seems to be helpful as well.


77 posted on 09/14/2009 2:18:56 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Charlespg

She did her country a favor - she died.

Now they have more money to keep their younger slaves from getting too sick to go to work and pay their taxes.


78 posted on 09/14/2009 2:24:57 PM PDT by Boucheau
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To: Grampa Dave

thanks, bfl


79 posted on 09/14/2009 2:28:52 PM PDT by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: Charlespg

Wow.

In the US they would basically ask several times to encourage a relunctant person to go to the hospital as a precaution. My sister had a seizure and they took her even though she was fine by the time they got here.


80 posted on 09/14/2009 2:32:56 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com ............. http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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