tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186201920490870208.post6639154926063719107..comments2023-10-11T10:15:23.031+01:00Comments on The Northfield Patriot: African senior nurse gets a caution after neglecting a patient, and using unsterilised equiptment on a pressure sorepaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02703860313166974480noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186201920490870208.post-81698180225514298542010-10-28T17:31:33.620+01:002010-10-28T17:31:33.620+01:00Cygnus - that is a very sad story, sorry to hear ...Cygnus - that is a very sad story, sorry to hear about your mothers experience.<br /><br />My friend told me an almost identical story, and I have saw neglect by 3rd world staff myself when I have visited hospitals.<br /><br />These are clearly not isolated incidents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186201920490870208.post-37096070896201494162010-10-28T16:00:53.385+01:002010-10-28T16:00:53.385+01:00When my mother was terminally ill in hospital I on...When my mother was terminally ill in hospital I only saw a white english nurse once in 5 weeks. I visited twice a day every day and often when I saw her she would be in need of something basic such as water or painkillers but unable to make the nurses understand her. I would then have to trawl the ward corridors to find someone who I could make understand. As you can imagine all this made a very difficult time even harder, for her and for us. I used to think that a basic understanding of the native tongue of the people you'd be treating would be a necessity, but plainly it isn't. Anyone who tries to tell you otherwise is either incredibly ignorant or a bare-faced liar. Cygnus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com