Sounds like the NHS is in desperate need of more public funding, or a dispatcher is in desperate need of getting fired and sued, or possibly both.
Woman, 95, left lying on cold pavement with broken hip for five hours as 'not a priority'
Submitted 6 months ago by Kaboom@reddthat.com to conservative@lemm.ee
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/woman-95-left-lying-cold-34223242
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superkret@feddit.org 6 months ago
Doom@ttrpg.network 6 months ago
She fell over with her husband and people nearby gave her blankets.
Nobody could just fuckin take her to the hospital?
Foh
Kaboom@reddthat.com 6 months ago
It’s the UK, they need the government to wipe their asses too! I don’t know what went wrong with their country, but something did.
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I bet they’re conservative voters but wonder why the NHS has no funding
Amoxtli@thelemmy.club 6 months ago
The problem with NHS is that it is free, therefore, anybody with a cold, or bruised bone seeks services. This lady wasn’t dying, so she wasn’t priority. It is inefficient to have free services, yet scarce resources to handle those services. The doctors feel like they are underpaid. NHS is like Soviet healthcare. Underpaid, poor services, yet it is free, which is what really matters.
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The NHS worked great for decades. Whenever the Conservatives are elected, they repeatedly reduce funding. Its free at point of use. I pay national insurance every month which funds the NHS. its not funded from the magic money tree
Kaboom@reddthat.com 6 months ago
Even if they just had two guys and a van, I’d expect it to take under 5 hours. This isn’t triage, this is negligence.
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Youre equating paramedics and an ambulance with “two guys with a van”?