Plumber with shattered arm left horrifically bent out of shape has operation 'cancelled 4 times'

dailymail.co.uk ^ | Oct. 8, 2009 | Daily Mail Reporter

[Moose4]

GAAAAH. I did NOT need to see that. That poor man.

Don’t they even have emergency care over there? Seems like the setting of a broken bone is something that should be covered under emergency care and not scheduled for months down the road!

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[GeronL]

He probably can’t get in to see a doctor. They keep turning him away.

[b4its2late]

Healthcare moving at light speed across the pond.

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[dead]

I would just cut it off and grow a new one.

[Pontiac]

'His second operation in May 2009 was also cancelled, this time because he had failed to act on our surgeon's advice that Mr Eeles that he should give up smoking.

Unbelievable!

In other words we will jump at any opportunity to cancel a surgery and get it off our books.

NO WHERE have I ever heard of surgery being cancelled or postponed because the patient was a smoker unless there was an underlying medical reason such as COPD or emphysema.

[AnnGora]

Didn’t Keith Olbermann mention this incident in his hour-long rant last night on health care? (is a /sarc really needed?)

[HiTech RedNeck]

They “rushed him to casualty” and put him in plaster. Now who DID this. A drunk on LSD who had just worked 72 hours after being flown in from Lithuania? Fixing their screw ups should go ahead of everything else but life saving emergency procedures.

[Moose4]

I had a serious Joe Theismann’s leg moment when I saw that picture. Almost 25 years and I still can’t get that image out of my head. Gah.

This is why they wouldn’t let me join my hometown rescue squad, I’m way too squeamish...

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[Moose4]

I’m pretty sure a drunk epileptic veterinarian could do a better job than that. Dear God. Could it have twisted that way after they took the cast off, if they took the cast off too early?

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[goseminoles]

The human plumbing snake. He can get into all those hard to reach places..

[HiTech RedNeck]

I wonder if he had a clue by the shape of the cast... boy why is my forearm now offset like that?

[MaxMax]

Maybe the GOV thought he was faking the injury.

[Dapper 26]

Coming to America via Democrats.

[Navy Patriot]

There is no problem here, his health care was free, and he got what he paid for.

His taxes were for the lush lifestyles of his politicians, and they got what he paid for, too.

[texas_mrs]

Yikes! I bet even in medieval times they would have done a better job than THAT!

[Navy Patriot]

WHY the British put up with this

They got no guns. Only criminals have guns in the UK.

[C210N]

Excellent. Proof that they removed his arms, but swapped them sewing them back on, lol.

[a fool in paradise]

Reminds me of a Virgil Partch drawing...

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The Brits have been taught to stand in line for decades.