tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803647347547130196.post1164792412877996919..comments2023-04-09T01:43:44.567-07:00Comments on a doctor's view: This is where I came in.JohnB.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08383735906344338341noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803647347547130196.post-74865339932369872802010-10-21T01:48:26.263-07:002010-10-21T01:48:26.263-07:00Legend - that's awful! It's wonderful that...Legend - that's awful! It's wonderful that you fund-raise, but it's stories like that that make me appreciate our NHS: it might be worse than it was, but it's still better than a lot of other places...<br /><br />Hope your friend gets better soon.<br /><br />Ali xAlison Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565962059926865121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803647347547130196.post-57407764674676604182010-10-20T08:11:05.274-07:002010-10-20T08:11:05.274-07:00It could be a lot worse. It could be the USA. beco...It could be a lot worse. It could be the USA. becoming sick here is a dodgy business, even with health care. A friend of mine on the island lost his job and his health care just in time to become really sick. In order to help him recieve treatment, we have to fund raise. He regularly misses treatment because he/we can't raise enough money to cope.Wally Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992375461165449990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803647347547130196.post-22729788760848266202010-10-20T08:00:59.259-07:002010-10-20T08:00:59.259-07:00I am worried about our small cottage hospital here...I am worried about our small cottage hospital here on the island after the CUTZ are put in place. We used to have a wonderful surgeon (Mr Kapoor) who could do everything from resetting arms to removing lumps and bumps....but when he retired, he was not replaced :-( <br /><br />So we basically have a unit with beds in it and if you are brave enough to have your baby here, you get well looked after by the midwifery team. Sometimes doctors and misters come over from the mainland to see us here and keep the facilities from being entirely mothballed.<br /><br />But if you break your arm, you need to drive to the mainland, up to Paisley and go to the Proper Hospital there. Not exactly convenient to have a big stretch of water between you and the white-coated people...<br /><br />What lies ahead for us here now?<br /><br />Ali xAlison Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565962059926865121noreply@blogger.com