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Re: BBC: England's socialized medicine. An example

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Subject: Re: BBC: England's socialized medicine. An example
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by: JG Rove - Fri, 1 Jul 2022 19:33 UTC

On Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at 12:13:34 AM UTC-5, Your Name wrote:
> On 2022-05-24 23:03:41 +0000, JG Rove said:
> > On Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 5:28:41 PM UTC-5, RichA wrote:
> >> https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-61419420
> >>
> >> Ambulance wait times: Injured nine-year-old told ambulance would take
> >> hours to reach her
> >> Ambulance wait times: Injured nine-year-old told ambulance would take
> >> hours to reach her
> >>
> >> The latest data from NHS England shows that ambulance response times
> >> are now at their highest since the current system was introduced five
> >> years ago.
> >>
> >> Willow Clark, who was nine-years-old at the time, fell off her bike in
> >> October, cracking her helmet and leaving her with a fractured skull and
> >> a nine-inch laceration across her leg.
> >>
> >> When passers-by called for an ambulance, they were told it could be a
> >> 10 hour wait. In the end, Willow was taken to the hospital by her
> >> father, where doctors told her family that she should not have been
> >> moved because of her back and neck injuries.
> >
> > Ambulances are a Fire dept. Service most places. Oh, San Diego is
> > considered dropping Flack Corp. and returning to FD staffing.
> As with New Zealand's ambulance service (and the other emergency
> services), they are extemely busy because they get numerous calls from
> morons phoning up to ask idiotic questions like "where can I buy
> asprin". :-\
>
> <https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ridiculous-999-calls-adding-ambulance-24631061>
>
>
> In New Zealand they've even started running an advertising campaign to
> tell people NOT to call the ambulance service unless it's an actual
> emergency ... money that could be better spent on actual services
> (ridiculously stupid is that the ambulance service in New Zealand is
> run by the St Johns charity and gets no funding from the government!!).

Turns out that the San Diego Fire department's paramedics on fire trucks will take a patient IN THE FIRE TRUCK to the hospital instead of waiting for Corporate ambulance transport.

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Re: BBC: England's socialized medicine. An example	JG Rove