There is no difference now as I am in nobody's mind.
If I did not take the first step, there would be no text, calls, VCs. Being one-sided is exhausting.
1. "Jangan ganggu kerja kami". Orang tu tanya mana wad kecemasan je pun. Nurse tengah buat kerja apa tu? Dialog yang merepek dan merendahkan staff nurse.
2. Dengan satu panggilan, habis segala pakar dipanggil melalui pengumuman ke wad kecemasan. Kabel 5G. Panggil pakar jantung nak buat apa? Buat angiogram ke?
3. Pesakit pakai cervical collar tapi position sit up, tak lay flat. Pakai nebulizer (tengah asthma ke?). Belum cerita pasal pemantauan staff.
4. Bunyi straight line, panggil Dr, Dr pegang-pegang terus kata kena buat pembedahan. Resusitasi tak dibuat. Guna panduan mana ni?
Tapi siapalah saya. Tak apalah, saya nak teruskan menonton House, M.D di Netflix. Baru keluar ni.
I'm an A&E consultant and I'm tired after a weekend of nights.
But this am, I've handed over what I described as a "good department". This was said genuinely and with no hint of irony.
We provided great care and have very short waits to see an A&E doctor, but I'd forgotten how unacceptable it was to have 18 patients in the corridor, and elderly patients waiting over 2 days for a ward bed.
My lens of what is good and acceptable has been slowly warped by the slow & damaging effect of the working conditions of A&E departments up and down the country.
My biggest worry is that I'm starting to accept the unacceptable.
This is not about a lack of gp appointments, patients "abusing" the system or poor management - in fact we had excellent hospital management support, with patients boarding on each ward waiting there instead of A&E for a bed.
This is a simple case of patient demand being greater than what the overall health economy can cope with.
We have to either change the way we work, change demand via expectation management or increase resources.
If not, then the unacceptable becomes the norm and that's unacceptable.
Our patients and staff deserve better.
8 years. 2 countries. 16 million views later.
@sopert99 will be charged in court on Thursday 10/8/2023, under Section 507A.
Man, 37, to be first person charged under Anti-Stalking Law https://t.co/rIxSBXCavu