Some say that the Brits aren't a famous nation of animal-lovers, but rather an emotionally disturbed lot that are projecting all their neuroses on their innocent, but sometimes confused, pets. I think I know what they mean. Somewhere in the third world, a long time ago now, I found myself tempted by severely attractive women. They all promised me a good time. Trouble was, at some point there …
No orange juice please – we’re the NHS
Seven o’clock in the morning and the hospital canteen was serving up breakfast. The porridge came at £0.75 a bowl. Suspiciously I grabbed the ladle and stirred around for a while but there was nothing wrong with the porridge and I duly jammed a paper bowl full to the brim, squeezed on the lid and headed to the beverage section. I have juice with my breakfast. For me, it’s a good start. With …
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Ode to the Filipinos.
The Filipinos are the best nurses in town. Humble, positive and hard-working – What more could you want? I Love them to bits! But then we go back a long way. Many years ago when out and about as a young man, fresh out of the nest, I stumbled upon their country. They helped me make sense of it all. As young and innocent, I spent the summer holidays with my grandmother. She had a second home …
Born and bred in Deep South London
It was a very quiet morning on the ward - I had only one patient. I pulled up a chair beside him and we were off. On a two-hour talk. The twists and turns were several and I quite liked the guy. But then it got difficult... The twenty-seven-year-old man was the only patient on the ward. He had sustained a broken clavicle bone in a kickboxing session. The fracture had been mended and he’d gone …
I thought healthcare was supposed to be free
A story not literally true like the others on this site. My take on the supposedly huge problem that is car park charges at hospitals. A lady, not so old but far from young, started to have trouble of some sort or other. It had partly to do with her tummy and partly with down below. She didn’t want to go into details and it doesn’t really matter. She did what most people would - …
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The Daily Mail man
I looked after a young and beautiful lady in a recovery room in a big trauma hospital in London. As she came around she did her outmost in trying to expose the Daily Mail man I thought I'd hidden well... The hair was big and curly in chestnut red and her arm was in a plaster cast with only the fingers sticking out. The young woman had been in some sort of trouble and had …
