Had a heart attack

[NotAllThere]

Poor woman. As if being married to MF wasn't enough.

[BlasterBates]

get well soon Mrs MF

[administrator]

Sorry to hear this MF, good she is getting good treatment bar the shoddy ward. Thought a man of your standing would have had private family healthcare sorted? Either way she is in the best place and fingers crossed Jeremy Hunt hasn't offended the doctors this week and she will get swift treatment. You don't realise how good the NHS can be until you need it!

[MarillionFan]

Sorry to hear this MF, good she is getting good treatment bar the shoddy ward. Thought a man of your standing would have had private family healthcare sorted? Either way she is in the best place and fingers crossed Jeremy Hunt hasn't offended the doctors this week and she will get swift treatment. You don't realise how good the NHS can be until you need it!

Thanks Ad. Used to have private health care but when I needed it about 5 years ago, they refused to pay for something so I cancelled it as a waste of money.

They've literally just come in and asked for a deposit. Luckily they take American Express so least we got some air miles out of it :-)

[OwlHoot]

To which, the doctor cut me back with the words 'Listen, don't try and sound smart by throwing around random heart related words you don't understand, ...

Megalomaniac doctors!

You should have steered the conversation round to the topic of sledges, then when the doctor ventured an opinion given them a taste of their own medicine!

[FatLazyContractor]

Not sure how Private health insurance would help in this case. Private insurers won't pay up until NHS confirm what the issue is, especially due to an A&E admittance. If any, they will pay for the after surgery care in a private ward in the NHS hospital.

MF - Check with the hospital whether they will treat her on the NHS, since you have paid for a private ward. For this particular condition in this hospital, they may not treat her for free. Better to check.

[vetran]

Not sure how Private health insurance would help in this case. Private insurers won't pay up until NHS confirm what the issue is, especially due to an A&E admittance. If any, they will pay for the after surgery care in a private ward in the NHS hospital.

MF - Check with the hospital whether they will treat her on the NHS, since you have paid for a private ward. For this particular condition in this hospital, they may not treat her for free. Better to check.

you could get a private room, which in a mixed ward full of OAPs would be handy.

I shared with 2 youngsters and a chappy in his 70s. We were the youngsters in the cardiac ward it would have been pretty unbearable in a mixed ward. I was just lucky it was just a BP of 210+.

If she is calling you woolly mammoth, have a shave MF!

[BrilloPad]

just a BP of 210+.

Is my divorce count that high?

[Hobosapien]

Flip me, where do you work? In a galley, with everyone chained to the oars?

They both croaked it outside of work, over a weekend. One was training for a marathon (first one he was attempting IIRC) so out running when it happened. Both were in management positions (one was a PM) so possible work related stress may have been a contributing factor.

After the second one, the client did get a defib and sent some more of the staff on first aid courses so better prepared if a similar incident happened on site.

One of the guys on my project team volunteered for the first aid training. He told us about how when giving CPR correctly it's fairly common to crack or break the ribs. They don't show that in the movies.

[NotAllThere]

... I was just lucky it was just a BP of 210+...

I've told you to stop reading the Daily Mail!