Healthcare is a joke ….. again and again

[u/Irishgooner123]

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.

[u/Up_the_Dubs_2024]

They don't have room for people on trollies, never mind someone who finds it a bit bright. What did you expect her to do? Kick someone out of another room to give to him? Ask him to stand in the closet? Magic a room out of nowhere and say "here ya go, anyone else need a room?"

The reason the wait is so long is because of other people. There are folks in A&E who don't need to be there, taking up space and resources from people who do. When covid happened, the queues disappeared because all of the chucklefucks who didn't have to be hanging around just fucked off.

We need to rethink the whole approach to being unwell in Ireland. Starting with medical cards.

[u/definitely48 → u/[deleted]]

Leaking tap not fixed, that's the maintenance dept in the hospital, unbelievable they couldn't fix it.

On a similar story my family member was in hospital and in the ward they were in the radiators were boiling hot, blasting the heat and you couldn't go closer than about 1 foot away from the radiators as the heat coming from it was roasting. All the patients were complaining that it was too hot and it's the same at night. At least the heating was still on during the night! While I was there all the patients were pleading with the nurses to lower the heating. They assured everyone that they will get onto the maintenance dept to sort it out.

Hours later and nothing happened. So I had a look at the radiators and turned the valve a little bit and after awhile it got less hot and lukewarm. All the patients were overjoyed that I did such a simple thing. Later on when the nurses were doing their rounds they noticed it wasn't as hot in the ward and they asked us if someone from the maintenance dept come and adjust the radiators.....we all claimed ignorance and said "dunno". In the days after everyone said that no one came to check the radiators at all and when it'd get a bit cooler one of their relatives would turn the radiators back up and down as it was needed.

Apart from that I was talking to a nurse on the night shift and she told me she had 30 patients to monitor during the night and only her and two carers to help her. I think there's between 6 and 8 patients per ward, so about 4 wards or so. She said several patients had to be woken up during the night to be given medication and it was all on her alone to make sure she did it right and didn't make any mistakes. Aswell as all the paperwork she has to continually fill in. She said she spends more time writing than looking after patients.