An account of a serious medical emergency on a transoceanic flight

Re:An account of a serious medical emergency on a transocean... by geoka9 on Saturday September 03, 2016 @01:30PM (#12420095)

So the problem was that those people couldn't get inside the ER by themselves and the nurses and doctors refused to move them?

I ask because I once walked my relative into an ER and they were attended to, no problem.

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Re:An account of a serious medical emergency on a transocean... by dghughes on Sunday September 04, 2016 @12:13PM (#12425095)

Yes sometimes it's a person literally on the doorstep of the ER in front of the doors. One time a news report said the person was in a passenger seat of a car. But usually right there at the ER in some state of distress.

I can understand some concerns of staff but to flat out refuse seems to go against the ethics of being in the medical trade.

I also suspect it's government bureaucracy and union rules, paperwork trumps life I guess.

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