Wine in hospital

[Zippy]

I think we must all be getting old.

Speak for yourself you teetotal git!

[EternalOptimist]

When I had my triple hernia bypass, the foreign nurse picked up a bottle of blood and started to attach it to me iv tubes. She couldnt read the lable properly and I wasnt sure if she said ' O Pos' or 'EO are you positive'
so I just said 'yeah whatever' turns out it was a litre of sauviogn rouge 15% and I was chasing nurses up and down the ward in my electric wheelchair trying to give them an injection they wern't interested , so I chased the female nurses instead



do hope you dont blow a stitch get well soon

[RichardCranium]

depending on your medication and what you're being treated for, it's normal (in Switzerland) to have wine with your hospital food.

Never mind the wine.

You're in hospital ...

... with internet access!

[NotAllThere]

Of course there's wifi - I live in a civilised country. You can even use your mobile phone in the wards.

Home now though. Rather sore. ow. But at least I can still bill - got remote access to all (3 of) my clients.

[RichardCranium]

Of course there's wifi - I live in a civilised country. You can even use your mobile phone in the wards.

That must be because there is no equipment in Swiss hospitals. Over here we're not allowed to use our own comms equipment because it interferes with the highly sensitive, leading edge, life preserving equipment we have. Which is why we have to use their £5 per minute phone lines in the wards, have pay-per-view TV and the unusable dedicated internet terminals.

It couldn't possibly be because we are being lied to and ripped off.

Home now though.

That was quick!

But do you get free MRSA like we do on the NHS?

Rather sore. ow. But at least I can still bill - got remote access to all (3 of) my clients.

Excellent!

Go on, overcharge them. It'll make you feel better.

[Mich the Tester]

...young nubile virgins. Unluckily as this is England and I live in a council estate somebody else got them pregnant first.

ftfy

[rhubarb]

That must be because there is no equipment in Swiss hospitals. Over here we're not allowed to use our own comms equipment because it interferes with the highly sensitive, leading edge, life preserving equipment we have. Which is why we have to use their £5 per minute phone lines in the wards, have pay-per-view TV and the unusable dedicated internet terminals.

It couldn't possibly be because we are being lied to and ripped off.

Mobile phones and 3g are allowed in UK hospitals now. My daughter was in back in November and they had no problem with using phones and the ipad.

I suspect they don't allow such things around intensive care units though. Perhaps they do....don't know!

[darmstadt]

When I was last in hospital in the UK (1981) I got a bottle of red wine and a four pack of Guinness twice a week on prescription (during the pill round.) Because I had lost so much blood and weight, this was determined as the best way to build me up. The trouble was I don't like red wine and at the time I didn't like Guinness so used to trade it on the ward for other beers.

[wobbegong]

Many a year ago they would 'prescribe' Guinness to expectant mums! Oh how time has changed.

Yeah, now the pregnant mums just shoplift vodka from Lidl's

[RichardCranium]

I cannot stand the tension any longer. It is driving me insane.

At some point, AtW will start a thread "whine in hospital" and the anticipation is now utterly unbearable.

It won't be funny, it won't get any replies, but the utter inevitability is exceeding my patience.

FFS, AtW, GET ON WITH IT!