I know many of us have posted different circumstances regarding Hull Royal and other Hull Hospitals before. Today, my mum was taken ill and I rushed back to her house with paramedics and an ambulance there. She was taken in and will stay overnight, thankfully she's fine, she's had a heart problem going back many years which has been controlled medicinally. While I was with her, I went to see my brother in law who unfortunately had a stroke immediately after a major cancer surgery leaving him in a not brilliant way with many battles ahead. I write this not for people to say I hope they're ok, but to say, thank you, to some amazing, wonderful people, who smile, are courteous, (from nurses to porters, paramedics to doctors, receptionists to tea ladies) who should - some of them - be on stage and just brilliant at their jobs. We are the luckiest people to have this health service and I am in awe of their resolve.
I agree! BUT I’ve experienced some bad times there while my mother was alive, on one occasion she’d been left in a corridor waiting to be seen! I’d raced there in my car & got parked up, as I was walking through the A&E I caught a druggie bastard going through her handbag as she lay there! Needless to say I lost it with him and had to be restrained myself! This I know isn’t a reflection on the hospital but it is on the state of our health service! As soon as it’s established that a patient is an addict they should be in a secure area and treated like ****ing animals! Hope your mums ok?
Yes a lot of people whinge about it but I must say I was impressed a couple of years ago. I sawed straight through the ligaments on my thumb and thought i was ****ed and would not be able to do my job again. I did it on a Sunday evening and went to hull royal. I got x_rayed that night and told to go in at 9 am the next morning for op. I had an 8 hour wait for my operation but wasn't complaining. When I had the op i was finding it hard to believe they could rejoin it. They did a superb job and luckily one of the countries top surgeons/consultants was on hand that afternoon to help. I can't thank them enough and although my thumb will never be 100% I'm grateful I can do my job again. Tremendous people.
I've spent many an hour in Hull Royal, my Mam, died in there and Dad spends a so much time in HR I now show people directions for where they want to be. I couldn't agree more with TC. The staff there are outstanding and in very difficult circumstances. The times I've overheard nurses saying they haven't had the time to eat a sandwich. Also got to agree about the tea lady's, they are hilarious and it's easy to see they take making people laugh as part and parcel of the job. A massive, massive thank you to everyone there. I'm also going to mention the horrible **** they have to deal with from the alcohol/drug fuelled ****ers who make their job even harder. On one 6 hour visit, I went outside for a cig... Ere mate, av ya got a ***? Me not in the best of mood, no mate. Screams at me "Just give me a ****ing cig" Me... Oh were you looking for trouble? It's your lucky day. **** stared at me for 5 seconds, called me a dickhead and walked away. Hull Royal is a wonderful world.
I have been rushed to a Spanish hospital twice recently. The UK NHS has its critics, but it is far superior.
My youngest is a HCA and middle ones a nurse. The nurse had a bad week and questioning why she became a nurse. Truth is she’s very good at it but staff shortages and abuse from families of patients can be a bit trying. She’ll be reet. Next shift will see people grateful and a life saved or made better. Tough old jobs.
My Mum died in HRI in 2014. The staff every single one of them deserve all the accolades possible. The care my Mum received was nothing short of outstanding. She was a relatively fit and active 60 year old when she had her haemorrhage and when they told us that she wasn't going to recover from such a massive brain bleed - they switched off the life support. My Mum managed to battle on for another 5 days off life support with palliative care HRI let me stay in the hospital every night as I didn't want her passing away alone. They really went the extra mile when they didn't have any obligation.
Unfortunately the abuse happens on a daily basis. I am "seeing" a doctor currently and she has a different story everyday of abuse and she is unfortunately physically assaulted on a weekly basis. Yet she still treats those who abuse her with the upmost respect and dignity. People can knock this country but we should be so proud of our NHS.
I was cutting the very last peice of my wooden flooring and saw slipped off on to my thumb. Talk about cold sweats
Better than doing it on the first piece I suppose I’ve had the moment when you think you’ve done something which will mean you can’t do your job anymore...scary ****
True I was worried for weeks. I supposed I'd have ended up doing a driving job but luckily the surgeons knew there stuff. It's great some of the things they can do G
I once got knocked out and after I came round I gradually went blind until I literally couldn’t see anything That was a tad worrying ! (Got my sight back about 12 hours later)
Astonishingly it wasn’t I hadn’t had a drink that day as I was playing rugby. I took a knee to the temple Bloody had one when I got out of the hospital though!
