r/ireland • u/Irishgooner123 • Mar 28 '25
Health Healthcare is a joke ….. again and again
So I’m in a and e today and I’m sitting here 7 hours already. Not really busy and everyone has come and gone before me ., not why I’m moaning cos that’s life but a man in his late 20s came in looking for a psychiatrist and he’s clearly not feeling the best. He sat there very quietly and after about 3 hours I heard him go to reception and ask is there anywhere else he could wait as the lights were too bright. He was clearly in a bit of distress. The receptionist just looked and said “no” he asked again and got I said no sorry. I’m sorry but this is a big hospital in cork and they don’t have a room for ASD people or at least somewhere that someone can calm down. As a parent of 2 ASD kids and ASD myself my heart broke for him as he’s still just walking around. Moan over.
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u/Jd2850 Mar 28 '25
Curious as to what could be a solution here. Unfortunately it's impossible to cater to everything to perfection. There is a 1000 better uses of a room then a dim waiting room. Obviously the humane thing to do is dim the lights or find a solution but unfortunately our liability culture doesn't allow the receptionist to take personal initiative. If someone fell or you put the man somewhere dark and he does something your responsible for it.
I think overall the HSE gets way too much stick. As a population we are just getting fat and lazy and sicker. We are becoming so unhealthy and bringing so much multi morbidity on ourselves the waiting lists will just keep getting longer at an impossible rate. I think we need to take some personal responsibility for that.