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Thread ID: 140309	2015-09-22 00:31:00	So it’s OK	B.M. (505)	PC World Chat

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1408703	2015-09-22 11:38:00	You're suggesting that the hospital push him out the door if there's no-one to collect him. Don't you think that's a bit harsh? It's health professionals that admit someone to hospital. They're the ones responsible for him being there. You seem to be implying they shouldn't have admitted this particular guy? Surely you're not suggesting they let him die in pre-admission? I'm suggesting that it's just not their job to arrange transportation home for a patient. I mean, if they do, great - but it's definitely them going beyond their core role.	Nick G (16709)
1408704	2015-09-22 20:16:00	So it’s OK by your standards to throw an elderly patient with a heart condition out on the street? Interesting. This wasn’t a family member, or somebody in good health, as evidenced by the fact that they eventually used an Air Ambulance to transport him and he spent another 5 Days in Manawatu Hospital. . Come on, imagine if they gave a lift to everyone they discharged....and he was discharged - not thrown onto the street. Bit of a difference there. Like I said, they tell you when you are going to be discharged, he then had time to make arrangements.....hell, he'd know that anyway....that he would need a lift. This is a minor thing to make a fuss about considering some of the other **** that happens in hospitals, yet you don't hear bugger all about that - on occasion once there is a death. Lifts after is not something they need to provide.	pctek (84)
1408705	2015-09-22 21:37:00	Come on, imagine if they gave a lift to everyone they discharged....and he was discharged - not thrown onto the street. Bit of a difference there. Like I said, they tell you when you are going to be discharged, he then had time to make arrangements.....hell, he'd know that anyway....that he would need a lift. This is a minor thing to make a fuss about considering some of the other **** that happens in hospitals, yet you don't hear bugger all about that - on occasion once there is a death. Lifts after is not something they need to provide. So why do you suggest they eventually went to the huge expense of providing an Air Ambulance and accompanying nurse? As far as friends and relations go, who is to say he had any, and if he did they were available? I'm not suggesting that every patient should be delivered home, but they certainly shouldn’t be discharged in their pyjamas without transport in place. And given the lengths they went to in the end, and the fact he required treatment during the flight, one wonders if he should have been down for discharge at all. However, I do agree that the management of a lot of our Hospitals, in other areas also, leaves a hell of a lot to be desired.	B.M. (505)
1408706	2015-09-22 23:07:00	If you had a read of the article, it doesn't say he required treatment on the way home. What required him to stop past Palmerston North hospital was Angina, which would have been separate from what required him to go to Wellington. Just coincidence it happened then.	Nick G (16709)
1408707	2015-09-22 23:30:00	My Granddad use to sleep anywhere, neighbors lawns, bus stops, in his gown and slippers. He bused many times from green lane hospital in any kind of clothes. I suppose his background (WW2 soilder, and "camp" forestry and NZ road builder) was much harsher than the former cop.This guy seem fussy to catch a bus in his gown and slippers. He should have slept there somewhere.	kahawai chaser (3545)
1408708	2015-09-22 23:57:00	If you had a read of the article, it doesn't say he required treatment on the way home. What required him to stop past Palmerston North hospital was Angina, which would have been separate from what required him to go to Wellington. Just coincidence it happened then. You've really got your knickers in a twist there, so wrong on all counts. He says in the video he experienced another angina attack in the the plane on the way to Palmerston North,which was treated by the accompanying nurse. You really need to read up on angina and myocardial infarction before commenting. Reading between the lines, whilst he experienced severe angina, which his nitrolingual spray did not alleviate, it may not have been an actual heart attack which results in damage to heart muscle, which was why he was discharged after only two days from Palmerston North hospital. Blood tests are carried out to see whether a heart attack has taken place. So they sent him to Wellington for an angiogram which is a test to measure constriction or blockage of the coronary arteries. The results of this procedure appear to have been judged ok for him to be discharged without further treatment such as a by-pass op. The trauma effect of angina and heart attack should not be underestimated.	Terry Porritt (14)
1408709	2015-09-23 00:09:00	This guy seem fussy to catch a bus in his gown and slippers. He should have slept there somewhere. He would have had to 'catch a bus' from Welly to Palmerston Nth . In reality it would have been several buses to get home, with a heart condition, with no ~normal~ clothes or shoes . In all honesty, whats it really going to cost them for him to stay another 2 nights till Saturday . A few nasty, cheap meals & the cost of washing a set of sheets . Is this how we treat our old folk now. Its not as if he's a sprightly 20 year old	1101 (13337)
1408710	2015-09-23 01:04:00	Why was in Wellington when there is good hospital in PN?	Cicero (40)
1408711	2015-09-23 01:09:00	Why was in Wellington when there is good hospital in PN? Because they wouldn't have had the expertise/capability to perform an angiogram at PN, otherwise they would have done so.	Terry Porritt (14)
1408712	2015-09-23 01:23:00	Because they wouldn't have had the expertise/capability to perform an angiogram at PN, otherwise they would have done so. Is that right! www.midcentraldhb.govt.nz	Cicero (40)
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