[kj] O/T Thanks for the messages

[Janean Lancaster]

Jesus, what a nightmare.  Your poor dad.  You've every right to a bitter 
rant.

Public cuts/spending is all arse-over-tit and politicians like it that 
way.  Cut hospital beds, teachers and lollipop ladies; leave all those 
bloated managers, directors and chief execs alone.

On 20/01/2011 11:20, Brian Whitehead wrote:

>

> Thanks for all the mails of sympathy.

>

>

> A rant:

>

>

> My dad (88) was in and out of hospital 3 times over the last few weeks 

> because as soon as was discharged he went straight back in. He’d had a 

> heart attack just before Christmas which he survived which resulted in 

> him having a pacemaker fitted.

>

>

> At his last hospital stay: I went round to visit him last Friday at 

> around 3:30pm and as I walked into the ward I saw a forlorn figure 

> slumped in a chair in the waiting room in front of a TV with kids TV 

> on surrounded by his bags and belongings – my dad. They were 

> discharging him again!!!!! It was just a case of waiting from his 

> medication to arrive from the hospital pharmacy and then they’d get an 

> ambulance to take him home. He’d been there since around 1pm and they 

> had not contacted me or my sister to let us know, they had absolutely 

> no idea of his circumstances at home, whether he had food in or even 

> if he had a key to get in.

>

> I sat with him until 6:30 when his medication finally arrived and by 

> which time he was getting very desperate and just wanted to lie down. 

> There is no way I could put him through another couple of hours sat in 

> that chair waiting for an ambulance to take him home so I grabbed a 

> wheel chair and pushed him through the maze of the hospital and to my 

> car on the car park. It was a massive struggle as it was cold windy 

> and rainy but I eventually managed to get him home and sat in his 

> favorite chair. I was just about to getting the heating sorted out 

> when he started to complain of chest pains – his heart was giving in 

> again. Long story short – called 999 and within a hour of arriving 

> back home he was back in the hospital battling for his life, which he 

> eventually lost around 12 hours later.

>

>

> In off the reord chats with staff they tell me that the pressures on 

> the helath service and to free up space is even greater with the cuts. 

> So if I hear another politician use the phrase "We're all in this 

> together", when certain sections of commerce are earnig huge profits 

> again, I'll explode.

>

>

> Do I sound bitter...yes, good.

>

>

> Rant over

>

>

> Brian.

>

>

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