Assaulted man with leg injury questioned for calling ambulance
Mike | 17.11.2006 21:25 | Health | London
Following being attacked outside ULU and suffering wounds to the head and a leg injury the ambulance driver questioned as to why I did not walk to the hospital.
At University Hospital comments were made such as 'this man should not be here.'
Because of the attitude of staff combined with a lack of staff I discharged myself nearly collapsing on the way home.
At University Hospital comments were made such as 'this man should not be here.'
Because of the attitude of staff combined with a lack of staff I discharged myself nearly collapsing on the way home.
Beware of young teenagers hanging around outside ULU in central London.
They are not revolutionaries they are basically just people devoid of knowing what to do with themselves. Following throwing a bottle at me and myself shouting in response two of these kids steamed into me. Following picking myself up and walking away from the incident I called an ambulance which arrived at about 12.30am. The white female ambulance person immediately questioned me as to why I called an ambulance stating that it was two minutes away. I explained I was getting great pain in my leg and was also concussed. She also stated my case was neither an accident or emergency. They then accepted to take me into the University Hospital asking if I wanted to call the police. I stated I will think about that later. The police were called when I was in hospital and I stated I had nothing to report. The attitude of one hospital staff member at the reception desk was 'this person should not be in here.' You may not be surprised that I did not state I have a mental health problem. My consultation was done in parts. There was only one doctor that I could see on duty which meant that even though the department was not busy the treatments was slow with the doctor rushing from patient to patient.
It is possible that my own treatment was biased following the report by the ambulance person to the reception. I discharged myself and received no verbal advice not to. Today, Friday 17 Nov 2006 I managed to get a bus into the North Middlesex Hospital and attended the walk-in surgery who then admitted me to accident&emergency. My consultation was then fully by the doctor there with my eyes, fingers, head and leg checked. I was found to have an injured tendon.
I was advised to exercise it but refused a crutch despite stating to the consultant that I had already nearly fallen over on several occassions. He stated that I needed to exercise the tendon. It would of seemed wiser to give me a crutch and tell me to exercise my leg when lying down for twenty minutes a day twice a day.
I am keeping my fingers crossed before putting in my complaints. Warning do not get sick in sick United Kingdom.
They are not revolutionaries they are basically just people devoid of knowing what to do with themselves. Following throwing a bottle at me and myself shouting in response two of these kids steamed into me. Following picking myself up and walking away from the incident I called an ambulance which arrived at about 12.30am. The white female ambulance person immediately questioned me as to why I called an ambulance stating that it was two minutes away. I explained I was getting great pain in my leg and was also concussed. She also stated my case was neither an accident or emergency. They then accepted to take me into the University Hospital asking if I wanted to call the police. I stated I will think about that later. The police were called when I was in hospital and I stated I had nothing to report. The attitude of one hospital staff member at the reception desk was 'this person should not be in here.' You may not be surprised that I did not state I have a mental health problem. My consultation was done in parts. There was only one doctor that I could see on duty which meant that even though the department was not busy the treatments was slow with the doctor rushing from patient to patient.
It is possible that my own treatment was biased following the report by the ambulance person to the reception. I discharged myself and received no verbal advice not to. Today, Friday 17 Nov 2006 I managed to get a bus into the North Middlesex Hospital and attended the walk-in surgery who then admitted me to accident&emergency. My consultation was then fully by the doctor there with my eyes, fingers, head and leg checked. I was found to have an injured tendon.
I was advised to exercise it but refused a crutch despite stating to the consultant that I had already nearly fallen over on several occassions. He stated that I needed to exercise the tendon. It would of seemed wiser to give me a crutch and tell me to exercise my leg when lying down for twenty minutes a day twice a day.
I am keeping my fingers crossed before putting in my complaints. Warning do not get sick in sick United Kingdom.
Mike
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