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| Tom Ray’s experience with sepsis and the British National Health Service (NHS) |
| 2019-05-22 |
| [BBC] Tom Ray was fit and healthy and living in Rutland in the East Midlands before he contracted sepsis at the age of 38 in 1999. He had had a successful career in corporate banking and was in the process of setting up a business with his pregnant wife, Nic, when he fell ill. His sepsis - thought to be caused by a cut to his gum during a trip to the dentist, combined with a chest infection - came on rapidly and led to vomiting and a high temperature. But it took five hours at the hospital he was admitted to before the condition was diagnosed. He spent months in a coma, during which time his wife Nic gave birth to their second child, Freddy. Story gets a bit worse from here on. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 90 some year old from England said to me about national health service there "them that has gets and them that don't waits". People here in rural area are getting staph and mrsa. Lately this week ingrown toenails and abscesses in feet. Four people. Seems to be a high incidence. One fellow had staph and mrsa in big toe he simply banged on the job. |
| Posted by: Dale 2019-05-22 23:21 |
| #7 So, like the movie “High Moon” only more twisted? |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2019-05-22 23:05 |
| #6 There's always delays on the NHS. It's a total joke. The national socialist health service kills more than the german national socialists did. There is a movie script idea in there. What if instead of going to Argentina or the far side of the Moon, all the ex-Nazis went into the UK's National Health Service? The running joke could be "National Socialism, National Health Service - what's the difference?" Have your people call my people! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-05-22 12:53 |
| #5 They dont have to try and survive it |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-05-22 12:41 |
| #4 I don't understand why our very good friends rave about the wonders of the NHS. It's all very confusing. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2019-05-22 09:20 |
| #3 "There were delays in spotting Tom Ray's sepsis." There's always delays on the NHS. It's a total joke. The national socialist health service kills more than the german national socialists did. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-05-22 08:42 |
| #2 ...as though the VA and Indian Health Service weren't enough. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-05-22 08:39 |
| #1 Government health care, why can we not learn from watching others. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-05-22 08:23 |