Yet another reason why socialized medicine is a really bad idea
A Son says he is disgusted that his late mother was forced to wait eight "traumatic" hours for an ambulance.
Stephen Brown even managed to fly back from a Spanish holiday and get to the hospital before his eighty-six-year-old mum, Clarice Burgin.
It was on August 11 that mum-of-nine Mrs Burgin became ill at her house in Western Spot Close, Ripley. Her family called her GP, who suspected pneumonia and immediately called an ambulance to take her to hospital within two hours. To meet Government targets, this should have arrived within 15 minutes of that two-hour spell.
That was at 2.20pm. The ambulance eventually arrived after 10pm. During the eight-hour wait, family members called the service several times, only to be told they were busy and it would be there soon.
Their mum eventually arrived at Derby City General Hospital at 10.45pm. Mr Brown (41), of Borrowfield Road, Spondon, was already there.
The next day, Mrs Burgin suffered a stroke and was later transferred to Ripley Hospital, where she died on September 6.
And this is what Howard Dean has in mind for the American health care system.
I'll take a rain check there Howie.
(via Right-Thinking)
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