HSE advice – look after you’re own health – we’re broken beyond repair!!

Never seen an article where it said hospitals less busier than normal.

This year everyone seems to have a cold or flu.

If some people used commonsense and didn’t run to the GP every time their nose started to run , the GP might have appointment slots available for those who are really sick. when I was little I was at the doctors once. My colds and bugs were dealt with at home. I never had antibiotics. The GP was for those who were very sick.

I think a lot of people have a knee jerk reaction when something happens to them, and tend to go to A & E , when they could get the same attention from there nearest GP, or health clinic..

Of course sick people should go to A & E, but let common sense prevail as well.

I have a big problem with A & E’s in so far as, if a drunk is brought in there by an ambulance and is cut and bruised from falling, or whatever, he is given immediate attention, over the patients that may be waiting there for hours..

There are no medical card doctors.

As well as all that Marie (and I agree with everything you’ve said) it’s extraordinary that they don’t anticipate these pressures on the system. Somebody needs to explain the concept of ‘winter’ to the HSE. It is this potentially cold, wet, windy, damp, maybe even frosty/snowy period that tends to hit Ireland each year between November and February/March. With it comes a rise in often associated health problems including respiratory complaints and oh yes…the winter vomiting bug. What amazes me every year is how they never seem to have a winter contingency plan that they can put into operation. It’s a case of, ‘all these things have happened but we didn’t see them coming’. I’m not saying any such plan would solve everything but at least try something.

@ Damien Flinter.

Damian i hope you never have to make a visit to A & E, and i mean that……Years ago it was knee jerk reactions from a lot of people taking there children into A & E’s with not severe injuries, that sometimes could be dealt with at home or by the local Doctor..When they brought in a charge for this, common sense did prevail, which made a big difference.

@ Mary Molloy.

Mary i don’t think our Doctors and Nurses operate on assumptions, they clearly deal with every case as they see it, i clearly did not specify what the drunk is or was, whether he or she had an illness, i just cannot understand why those people are treated first………serious injuries i can understand to a point.

So simplicity would tell me that if I have a series of symptoms that consisted of headache, nausea vomiting maybe a really bad cough and pains in my chest ,my pharmacist could tell me to go to my GP- who would then give me an appointment in 3 or 4 days time . Then if my symptoms persist I call out a doctor to my home,( before the appointment time because I am running a temperature and am getting dehydrated). The call out doctor will then sent me to hospital and when I get to hospital I might be much sicker than I would have been if I had of been able to get to the hospital in first place. Blaming the sick for going to hospital seems an odd way to see a health service!

http://www.siptu.ie/media/pressreleases2012/mainnews/fullstory_16848_en.html

The lads in the pub was saying that his aunts sister in law nephew broke his ankle playing football,and lhe waited 8 hrs to see the doc.and to tell you honestly he is useless.