one of the saddest news stories

[Aspergers_Aspie]

Leeds man who 'begged' for MRI scan dies from cancer

 

[Raggamuffin]

I find if you read enough bad news you become de-sensitised to it. I'm at a point where I have complete apathy towards the death of strangers. I know they're bad events, but I'm tired of seeing a world inundated with bad news.

Ed

 

[Streetwise]

Noted

 

[Judge]

Unfortunately medical malpractice will always exist in every society to some extent.

- With or without a pandemic to skew diagnostic considerations.

 

[Suzanne]

In truth, as I forced myself to read it, I thought: well, that is not the only time that someone has lost someone and especially now, to covid, so really, the lady going to the newspaper, although, yes, it is awfully sad for her that she has lost someone, but hang on a minute, what about the countless ones who are in intensive care because of covid and here, where I am in France, there are notices all over the hospital to say that drs and nurses are on a white alert, which means that covid patients come first, if they are in need of medical attention, which is fully understandable and even, if I ended up in hospital during this time, I still would be understanding that they come first.

 

[Neonatal RRT]

I work in a busy metropolitan hospital in the US. We are getting hit hard with this CoVID epidemic. We have a saying around here,..."Administration can make more bed space, but they cannot make more healthcare workers." Mandatory overtime has simply become the norm. There is a bit of truth to what is being said here with respect to hospitals and potential delays in diagnostic testing and care to people presenting with immediately "non-life-threatening" conditions. So-called "elective" procedures, including some diagnostic testing and imaging have been put on hold. Outpatient office hours have been significantly reduced because the hospitals need the physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other staff picking up more hours within the hospitals. This means that cancers and other diagnoses may be delayed unfortunately. Having said that, if there is any patient that presents with an apparent "life threatening" condition,...heart attack, stroke, trauma, etc....they will get put to the front of the line,...ahead of a CoVID patient that is simply presenting with some shortness of breath. We can administer supplemental oxygen to a CoVID patient in a triage area while we deal with more immediate and truly emergency situations,...keep in mind, there will still be staff to check on everyone. Bottom line, if there is a true medical emergency, they/you will be isolated away from CoVID patients and you will get the care you need.

 

[Streetwise]

I work in a busy metropolitan hospital in the US. We are getting hit hard with this CoVID epidemic. We have a saying around here,..."Administration can make more bed space, but they cannot make more healthcare workers." Mandatory overtime has simply become the norm. There is a bit of truth to what is being said here with respect to hospitals and potential delays in diagnostic testing and care to people presenting with immediately "non-life-threatening" conditions. So-called "elective" procedures, including some diagnostic testing and imaging have been put on hold. Outpatient office hours have been significantly reduced because the hospitals need the physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other staff picking up more hours within the hospitals. This means that cancers and other diagnoses may be delayed unfortunately. Having said that, if there is any patient that presents with an apparent "life threatening" condition,...heart attack, stroke, trauma, etc....they will get put to the front of the line,...ahead of a CoVID patient that is simply presenting with some shortness of breath. We can administer supplemental oxygen to a CoVID patient in a triage area while we deal with more immediate and truly emergency situations,...keep in mind, there will still be staff to check on everyone. Bottom line, if there is a true medical emergency, they/you will be isolated away from CoVID patients and you will get the care you need.

That's the US not the uk

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

How tragic :'(