Think twice before critizing NHS

I just read this from a former Brit who now lives in Canada.

Well this takes the biscuit. I got checked into the hospital, all ready for the op. The nurse was just about to shave my arm for the op when I told her it should be the other arm. She said she better check with the Dr. Doctor came inand asked how I was able to handle the medication he prescribed. I asked What medication. He told me that after the angiogram he left a prescription for a  medication for me to take. I guess the nurse looking after us forgot to give me the prescription. I finally started the meds today and the procedure is now next week aslong as I can tolerate the meds. otherwise there is no point in doing it, it would just make me more liable to a clot. Going home again tomorrow. It was either tht or staying in the hospital till Friday


Again this is in CANADA.

The same sort of thing happens everywhere.  Doctors and nurses are only human and sadly mistakes happen. 

when i had my surgery in the US, the nurse asked me to change into a gown and mark the hand that would be operated on with a marker on my own so there would be no question after i was sedated.  this seems like the best solution to avoid mistakes like that. 

when i had my surgery in the US, the nurse asked me to change into a gown and mark the hand that would be operated on with a marker on my own so there would be no question after i was sedated.  this seems like the best solution to avoid mistakes like that. 

My conceited surgeon signed my foot that was to be operated on so no mistakes were made and had me verify it was the correct foot. I think an "X" would have been sufficient, especially since he used a Sharpie and I couldn't get the incision wet for a while afterwards and was left looking at my autographed foot.

when i had my surgery in the US, the nurse asked me to change into a gown and mark the hand that would be operated on with a marker on my own so there would be no question after i was sedated.  this seems like the best solution to avoid mistakes like that. 

Same with my shoulder surgery in the US. It seems to make sense to do this.

I had a coworker who worked for a large health care chain in California (jw66 will know which one) and she said when she reviewed the claims she had to get and walk around after reading some of them. One of the claims involved taking off the wrong leg. To try and make things right they didn't charge him for taking off the correct leg.

I had a coworker who worked for a large health care chain in California (jw66 will know which one) and she said when she reviewed the claims she had to get and walk around after reading some of them. One of the claims involved taking off the wrong leg. To try and make things right they didn't charge him for taking off the correct leg.

  That's bad Jim!! I think I know which carrier that is, as I've heard loads of horror stories about them over the years.