tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post5710450496990616038..comments2024-03-24T07:19:28.136+00:00Comments on Lake Cocytus: Private PracticeThe Shrinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10009039342346247138noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-70032539943604224842009-03-22T07:17:00.000+00:002009-03-22T07:17:00.000+00:00..... my medical Registrar and her Senior Registra........ my medical Registrar and her Senior Registrar would do scary things (like cardiac pacing). It would happen almost instantly, we'd get bleeped, we'd dash to Coronary Care, we'd get pacing wires and run them in to the person's heart, fiddle with dials to capture pacing, exciting but scary stuff. I'm so glad there were House Officers, Registrars and Senior Registrars as well as my good self.<BR/>***************<BR/>Most of what you say is absolutely right but the personnel you mention above barely exist now and the ones we have left rarely have the expertise to be able to put in a pacing wire. But an NHS hospital is still the best place to be if you are really sick.Dr Grumblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02459592334604944530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-58243671609726975752008-06-04T19:17:00.000+01:002008-06-04T19:17:00.000+01:00Interesting how views have changed... when I was a...Interesting how views have changed... when I was a graduate student, one of my class who needed a minor op chose to go to the London Clinic. <STRONG>All the other students</STRONG>urged her to go to a teaching hospital, on the grounds she'd get better care there. <BR/>Fast forward... I was describing my very good treatment at a Leeds (NHS) hospital to some patients at a Welsh one. They said sulkily 'It's OK if you can go private...'. The simple descriptkion of my good treatment had made them think it couldn't be NHS.<BR/>But though I have had good treatment I have seen very bad treatment. We can't gloss over the NHS's failings simply because we want -- and need -- to defend it.clemmatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13194179328482279010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-74684885281279046202007-09-27T11:24:00.000+01:002007-09-27T11:24:00.000+01:00I heard of someone who changed private hospitals b...I heard of someone who changed private hospitals because the wine list wasn't up to scratch. My priorities for what's available if I'm an inpatient are somewhat different to this.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00112062444476595895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-77371813515235767102007-09-27T00:14:00.000+01:002007-09-27T00:14:00.000+01:00That's actually just quite scary.Ain't that the st...<I>That's actually just quite scary.</I><BR/>Ain't that the stark truth.<BR/><BR/><I> . . . we've had nothing but a good experience.</I><BR/>Me too :-)The Shrinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009039342346247138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8489009971732520747.post-71813029569173173832007-09-26T23:35:00.000+01:002007-09-26T23:35:00.000+01:00That's actually just quite scary.I've always been ...That's actually just quite scary.<BR/><BR/>I've always been a bit idealistic myself and <I>believed</I> in the NHS. I agree with what it stands for and the principles behind it.<BR/><BR/>I'm not going to pretend to understand the mangled politics that goes on behind it, but the actual NHS itself is a laudable idea, and one that I'm very thankful to have.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, I've only visited a hospital twice over the last year (for purposes outside of medschool, obviously, and both were to accompany someone else and not for myself) and we've had nothing but a good experience.Calaverahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02827844632460123157noreply@blogger.com