Blog 4 The nurse knows best
March 1, 2018Scene An emergency department 50 years ago. Whilst working nervously in casualty at the City General Hospital during my first week as a doctor, I’d been completely unaware of the time but it was already one in the morning; I was tired and hungry. Seven long hours had passed since I last had anything decent […] Read more
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Blog 3 Upsetting our European friends
March 1, 2018It is very much my hope that this blog will develop into an ‘open forum’ to which everyone can contribute so if you have a memorable story, anecdote or notable reminiscence, whether as a carer or perhaps as a patient, please get in touch. First contact should simply be with the gist of the story, […] Read more
Blog 2 Cats
January 4, 2018Miss Mullins has brought her pregnant cat to the emergency department where the medical staff have diagnosed an obstructed labour. They need some specialist obstetrical advice! Dr Bill Makin picked up the telephone and asked the switchboard to put him through to St Margaret’s. It was the first time anyone had thought or perhaps dared, […] Read more
Blog 1 Catastrophe and cats
November 12, 2017Utterly dejected, I collapsed into the dilapidated armchair in the corner of the room, my head in my hands, tears in my eyes, my confidence shattered. I was distraught; my mood one of total wretchedness and despair. I felt sick, my mouth was dry and my hands trembled. It was four in the morning and […] Read more