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2003-08-29 Europe

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Posted by Steve 2003-08-29 1:39:01 PM|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Look at the bright side of it, Steve. They have an extra room when they return from vacation. Perhaps for the wine collection.

From the blog Fainting in Coyles

My father lives in France and is ill. Thus has to go hospital for a week or so. A month back he did this before. He had the op and was left attached to a bank of monitors alonmgside 51 other patients. The nurses spend there time in a control room watching the screens for flatlines. After couple of days recuperation he asked if he could use the shower, no problem came the response from the cardiologist.. Consternation in the control room. There are 2 baths and one shower for 51 people. However no patient had ever asked to wash before, so the three rooms were store cupboards. After half an hoursâ work the shower was freed for use. Great thought father, human again.

When he asked the next day his request was greeted with a polite but stone faced refusal, the storeroom was back in operation.

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2003-8-29 2:30:57 PM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2003-8-29 2:30:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Narcissism and socialized medicine combine to form a deadly brew. Pretty disgusting.

A thought, I wonder how the heat related death rates ran with the native French versus the enclaves of Muslim immigrants. Hmmmmm, I wonder...

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-8-29 3:34:45 PM|| 2003-8-29 3:34:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I read in a blog somewhere that a lot of the old folks in Paris stayed alive by camping out at the local McDonald's which are air conditioned, have cheap (although imperialist) food and ice in the water. The French are naturally wondering how to spin this.

Posted by Yank 2003-8-29 3:39:01 PM|| 2003-8-29 3:39:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I was in Chicago for the big heat wave of 1995, and our critical care program took care of a number of the victims. The s--t hit the fan over the number of deaths (~ 600). Mayor Daley had to do a major mea culpa and completely revamped the city's shelter program for seniors. In a word, he took responsibility and fixed the problem. Wonder if there is anyone, anyone at all in France who will do the same?

Posted by Steve White 2003-8-29 3:54:38 PM|| 2003-8-29 3:54:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 This should work out well for France in the long run.....10,000 less pensioners that the welfare state has to pay off, the Unions can continue on with their 10 hour work weeks and 6 month vacations and can continue to retire at age 35 or whateverthefuck nonsense those socialist mafia type have going on.

Posted by debbie 2003-8-29 3:56:47 PM|| 2003-8-29 3:56:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Amazing. France goes on vacation and lets their unattended elderly croak from heat stroke. It also appears many of the vacationers couldn't even be bothered to cut short their holidays to retreive their relatives from the morgues. What a disgusting and rotten society!

Remember how these 10,000+ old folks died and were left to rot next time the French say ANYTHING negative about America. This will always be something to throw back in their hypocritical, cynical, amoral, duplicitous, sneering faces.

Posted by Ned 2003-8-29 4:06:53 PM|| 2003-8-29 4:06:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Consider it done, Ned.

On the bright side, many of the elderly that died probably fought for France in WW2 against the Nazi occupation. Isn't it great to see the thanks their nation gives them?

( Sarcasm. Heavy sarcasm. )

Posted by Charles 2003-8-29 4:55:59 PM|| 2003-8-29 4:55:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Chuck, thank you for reminding me why socialized medicine sucks it for beer money.

The part about no French patient ever asking to wash was pretty funny, though...

Posted by Celissa 2003-8-29 5:01:27 PM|| 2003-8-29 5:01:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 If about 600 people died in the Chicago heatwave--extrapolate to the population of France....2.7 million people in Chicago vs 59.6 million in continental France = 13,200; so I guess the French did better than Second City!
http://www.insee.fr/en/ffc/pop_age4.htm"> Many of the people died in nursing homes which were understaffed with LPN type nurses who didn't recognize the symptoms of hyperthermia--as it is so rare in a northern climate. One home lost 10 out of 79 residents--having only 4 LPN's one nurse--and of course an administrator. HTTP://www.lemonde.fr/article/0.5987,3226--331511-,00.html
Shame on all of you for using this tragedy to bash the French one more time!

Posted by Not Mike Moore 2003-8-29 5:12:11 PM|| 2003-8-29 5:12:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Yeah, I'm ashamed. Yeah... really.
They still suck, by the way. There's just less of them.

Posted by tu3031 2003-8-29 9:52:47 PM|| 2003-8-29 9:52:47 PM|| Front Page Top

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