‘We can barely breathe.’ How did Britain’s treasured NHS get so sick?
I’m writing this towards midnight, having just finished a set of four 13-hour shifts in my small, coastal hospital’s Accident & Emergency (A&E) department.
It’s hard to describe the helplessness we feel, as doctors, every time we walk through the emergency waiting room, packed with patients, knowing we can only review and treat one person at a time.
Knowing that when we see someone really sick, who needs admission, that they might be waiting on that chair or trolley for over 24 hours before a bed on the ward becomes free.
I’m an internal medicine doctor for the UK’s National Health Service – better known as the NHS.… Seguir leyendo »