Is the whole country now run by Indians or what?

[zoco]

By the way, for the sake of fairness and balance I think I should add that my missus was seen by her original consultant's stand in. Who was Indian, comoetent and thoroughly charming.

Wish I had some like that on my team

[SpontaneousOrder]

Obviously the market is very distorted from what you'd see naturally, so odd contrasts should be expected.
I expect that as the nhs crumbles, private care will get better (in real terms - not relatively). Probably take a while though.

[evilagent]

My wife has just had an operation done privately and is now at home convalescing.

In the early hours of the morning, she rolled over and pulled on one of the stitches. result - claret everywhere.

I got her into the bathroom, cleaned it all up and stemmed the bloodflow. The concern was possibility of infection & we couldn't see what had actually torn -whether it was a stitch or it was actually flesh that had ripped becasue it was too manky to see clearly.

So, I rang the emergency number that the clinic gave me to call in the event of complications out of hours and found myself talking to an Indian nurse (maybe not Indian, but definitely from the subcontinent). I spent the next 10 minutes struggling to make myself understood while listening to the kind of BS platitudes I'm used to hearing from a bob in a morning scrum when I'm enquiring as to whether or not they are on schedule with their workload.

"No problem sir, is dissolvable stitches sir, no problem if breaks. very good stitches, very good"

"But we're not sure it was a stitch that tore, we're worried it was flesh"

"No, no, no sir no problem. Stitch never tear - is dissolvable stitches. If not bleeding now no problem sir, very good stitches" etc etc....


Anyway, I called outpatients at 8am, spoke to somebody who knows what they are talking about and am now sat waiting for my wife who is with the consultant who wanted to see her urgently

W T F do you expect you retard???
All the normal "9-5" nurses are at home, wanting a personal life.
You want "white" "british" "english-speaking" nurses at 11pm?? pay the f-ucking triple rate!!!

(hope the invalid gets better!)

[vetran]

W T F do you expect you retard???
All the normal "9-5" nurses are at home, wanting a personal life.
You want "white" "british" "english-speaking" nurses at 11pm?? pay the f-ucking triple rate!!!

(hope the invalid gets better!)

He wants someone competent in what routinely will be a life & death situation, If the hospital are unable to supply that then they need to up their rates or improve their recruitment and retaining process. this is not the patients fault or within their control.

Hiring some agent, support or telesales person that can't actually speak intelligibly because they are cheaper is annoying but a sign of the times. A medical professional who can't do so is potentially lethal.

[evilagent]

He wants someone competent in what routinely will be a life & death situation, If the hospital are unable to supply that then they need to up their rates or improve their recruitment and retaining process. this is not the patients fault or within their control.

Hiring some agent, support or telesales person that can't actually speak intelligibly because they are cheaper is annoying but a sign of the times. A medical professional who can't do so is potentially lethal.

totally, completely, absolutely, whole-heartedly, agree.
having someone who understands the language, culture, technology, making pertinent decisions, will come at a cost most profit-driven medico-corps are not willing to pay in terms of the developed-world wages.

If a client asked you to come back on-site to fix a business-critical situation, what would you charge?
Double, or triple rates?
We are the self-absorbed creators of our own demise.

[NotAllThere]

By the way, for the sake of fairness and balance I think I should add that my missus was seen by her original consultant's stand in. Who was Indian, comoetent and thoroughly charming.

Wish I had some like that on my team

And was it stitches or flesh?

[zoco]

And was it stitches or flesh?

It was flesh but they've opted not to put any more stitches in and she's been sent home on a course of antibiotics as a preventative measure.