I'm on a visit home and had a weird fall yesterday and needed stitches but please god why was I waiting over SEVEN hours in A&E the Mater on five measly stitches - ThreadSky

selkies.bsky.social • 12 days ago

I'm on a visit home and had a weird fall yesterday and needed stitches but please god why was I waiting over SEVEN hours in A&E the Mater on five measly stitches

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selkies.bsky.social•12 days ago

Staff all very sound (if exhausted) but jesus christ how is that the way it works??
And I can't even ring Joe Duffy about it!!!

miseryvulture.bsky.social•12 days ago

That's a scandal! Hope you're alright.

selkies.bsky.social•12 days ago

It's a disgrace Joe!!! Sore and walking weird but hrand overall thank god

hapexamandios.bsky.social•12 days ago

Why would you ring Joe Duffy?

He's there to act as a sop for people whinging about the state of the place while he is on over half a million laughing at his good fortune. He is part of the problem.

But nobody appears to realise that. Weird.

selkies.bsky.social•12 days ago

Alright take it easy

mnicearbhaill.bsky.social•12 days ago

wow thats awful was that the rapid injury clinic - not very rapid if it was

selkies.bsky.social•12 days ago

No I didn't know about the rapid injury clinic now, but it sounds like that might have been the better choice

karlstanley.bsky.social•12 days ago

The fact that there is nobody in Mater A&E directing people to the right place for the treatment they need is mind boggling. It's in nobody's interests for you to be sitting in A&E for 7 hours, especially when there's another option round the corner. Hope you're OK BTW!

mnicearbhaill.bsky.social•12 days ago

yeah thats feckin odd and bad form.

mnicearbhaill.bsky.social•12 days ago

ah arse pants - sure next time 😂😂 The Mater could have fecking told you aswell.

ianmaclochlainn.bsky.social•11 days ago

Fáilte abhaile.

fancyvegaspro.bsky.social•12 days ago

This is the way of it now, only way to beat the wait is to hope you've injured yourself bad enough for the rapid injury clinic in Smithfield

keelanhothothot.bsky.social•12 days ago

Or if you’re lucky enough to have health insurance and can go to a SwiftCare clinic where you will only wait…4 hours!

skrynesaver.bsky.social•12 days ago

'twas ever thus - a friend cut his leg badly back in the '80s and went to the Meath - there were no seats left in the waiting area, he passed out and cracked his head on a radiator.

5 stitches in his leg and 9 in his head...

darragh-oneill.bsky.social•12 days ago

7 hours is quick. I was once sat on a chair for 17 hours, waiting for a CT scan in Vincent's.

blacktizzie.bsky.social•12 days ago

I don't know where you are geographically, but last time I had to go to A&E the nurses were rushed off their feet, and the doctor looked as if he hadn't slept in a week. The NHS has been underfunded for so long!

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