tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16638275.post8151996961146624915..comments2024-01-05T19:30:12.040+00:00Comments on Dr Jest's Caseblog: St Elsewhere'sDoctor Jesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14446967855995345815noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16638275.post-87319364323827559622007-06-11T16:57:00.000+01:002007-06-11T16:57:00.000+01:00madam Chair'-- I do hope all goes well as and when...madam Chair'-- I do hope all goes well as and when. Oh, and how does it feel being a "Celebrity Mum"?<BR/><BR/>wendz-- funny how maternity units almost all have a rather different atmosphere. Must be all that new life thing going on, mostly with good outcomes and all. So Fabien is a midlander eh? Does he speak his french with a Coventry twang?<BR/><BR/>shinga-- interesting it was the ambulant patients doing the tea and toast in place of the long lost (and doubtless hopelessly un-PC "ancillary staff" of yore). And you're right about th eworkload. Happily my vicarious experience of the receiving end of "secondary care" is at an end and a full and increasingly speedy recovery is anticipated, but thanks for asking.Doctor Jesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14446967855995345815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16638275.post-69222229724120199922007-06-04T10:23:00.000+01:002007-06-04T10:23:00.000+01:00They do vary enormously, don't they? I've visited ...They do vary enormously, don't they? I've visited relatives on wards where it has been like a social club with a couple of patients acting like the life and soul of a party, and other patients taking over a side-kitchen and providing a tea and toast service to all and sundry.<BR/><BR/>Others have been completely miserable, infantilising and dehumanising - staffed by irritable people whose irritation is well-grounded in their completely unrealistic workload.<BR/><BR/>I hope that need for the visits has abated in a successful manner with a good outcome.<BR/><BR/>Regards - ShingaShingahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18126212762767721751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16638275.post-54038690300622829262007-06-02T08:43:00.000+01:002007-06-02T08:43:00.000+01:00Heavens what a dire picture you have painted. And ...Heavens what a dire picture you have painted. And it's TRUE!<BR/><BR/>I hope I never have the misfortune to end up in an NHS hospital again.<BR/><BR/>I was admitted to Walsgrave a few years ago for pneumonia, in the<BR/>middle of the night. Terrible experience. The following morning, as I lay in bed still trying to dare to breathe, a doctor waltzed in, surrounded by a zillion other learner doctors, ripped my manky gown down, exposed my chest, held up my x-rays and droned on at length about the various aspects of my ilness, leaving me lying there like a right muppet with my boobs on display.<BR/><BR/>Then I was transferred to a freaking geriatric ward. The old lady next to me was so out of it she just lay semi-comatose all day, peeing and pooping constantly. The stench was horrendous! And her bed was rarely changed..when it was, the nurses were horrible to her. I was disgusted.<BR/><BR/>But, having said that, I had Fabien there as well, a year later,(C-section) and that was an amazing experience. I was so well looked after and actually had a blast with the cleaning ladies. Even the nursing staff were uber-cool.y.Wendy.yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10630727119097764058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16638275.post-46969413536377140192007-06-01T20:27:00.000+01:002007-06-01T20:27:00.000+01:00Only 3 weeks until my appointment with the Nurse S...Only 3 weeks until my appointment with the Nurse Specialist to discuss my 6 weeks admission to a hospital 2 hours drive from home.Chairwoman of the boredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09283126747440830086noreply@blogger.com