Should hospitals have separate wards for middle class and working class (i.e. un!
Question: My parents aren't rich (dentist & teacher), but recently my mum stayed in hospital for a week after an operation. Some of the people in the ward (she didn't have her own room, blame the NHS) were absolutely disgusting.
They were rude to the nurses, swore, didn't observe rules on drinking, or visiting hours and some smuggled in drugs. Police had to be called several times.
Isn't it time the underclass were put in separate wards so that they didn't affect the recovery of people who actually work and pay taxes?
Answers: My parents aren't rich (dentist & teacher), but recently my mum stayed in hospital for a week after an operation. Some of the people in the ward (she didn't have her own room, blame the NHS) were absolutely disgusting.
They were rude to the nurses, swore, didn't observe rules on drinking, or visiting hours and some smuggled in drugs. Police had to be called several times.
Isn't it time the underclass were put in separate wards so that they didn't affect the recovery of people who actually work and pay taxes?
You'll probably get some mean answers for this question....
All I can say is that this is why I'm opposed to National Healthcare.
Care cannot be biased by social, racial, or financial class.....it is unethical.....No matter what class u fall in outside of the hospital, when you are in the hospital all patients fall under the same class: Sick!!! (and all that are sick deserve equal care and compassion)
I'm not sure what you mean by "working class". You call them working class, and then turn around and say that they don't work and pay taxes.
Working class people work. They usually work harder then the middle class. Generally when people say working class, they mean people like construction workers, carpenters, mechanics, etc. People who WORK. I find it incredibly insulting that you lump people who work very hard for a living into the same group as people who are on welfare.
Last I heard, teachers don't make very much money. So I suppose my helicopter mechanic husband deserves to be in a better ward then your lowly teaching mother.
You sound like an ignorant jerk.
sure thing, since most of the working class will be more prone to getting injured and going to hospital, it will leave the other section clear for the rest of us. hope you like overcrowding. lol
you probably wont get much servuce since the doctors will grow to hate you, becasue you will always be saying crap like 'i'm a working class person and pay your salery'
funny you say that because they do
no, i dont think they should. There are so many hospitals that dont even get the funding they need to take in as many people as needed. If they start "segregating" hospital rooms by class, what sense would that make. There are middle class and upper class people who may also display a lack of hygiene and manners. Its unfortunate that your mother had a roommate with such manners but you cant blame a whole class for a few peoples actions.
Wish the Hospial and Medical Categories on Yahoo were more Private.
Obviously, in your anger and with particular individuals you have met in mind, you are willing to make a sweeping generalisation about 'working class' people. Inconsiderate and selfish behaviour can be found in any section of society, can't it?
Trouble is, in the same way as the incompetent get promoted to get rid of them and those who manipulate best or shout loudest in airports get the upgrades, the only way to remove such a minority would be by giving them the side wards, single rooms, private rooms on NHS etc. They would be rewarded for their bad behaviour, and this would encourage more of it.
Your parents could choose to buy private health insurance. When you are ill, many innocuous behaviours by others have the potential to annoy. In a private room, you don't really have to see anyone except the medical and cleaning staff and your visitors. That's a privilege you have the option of paying for.
I am living in Finland, where all people use public health care (if they aren't rich enough to visit private health centers).
Our problem is the lack of medical personnel. One may wait 11 to12 hours in the waiting room of the center to catch a doctor!
Wards are needed also here - especially on weekends. But the rules are strict: if a person has mental problems and is all drunken, she/he has to stay in police office until o/oo value is low enough to revisit the medical center.
Wards are professionals in Finland - no problems with them.
To be honest, I am so thankful to be British having received medical treatment abroad, it wouldn't bother me who I was sharing with. The NHS has the best standards of care in the world. Also you might find the 'underclass' to which you are referring are actually middle class, you'd be surprised these days. (Don't judge a book by it's cover.)
Who the hell are you to call working class underclass?
Probably a student who ain't seen much outside your cosy bubble.
Working class by definition work ergo pay taxes ergo are entitled to the NHS.
Maybe mummy and daddy will join BUPA now to keep their "sensitive" son away from the hoi polloi if they need to be hospitalised again.
Are you sure it was hospital? Was it called Holloway by any chance?
Awww lil lamb, so very much to learn.
P.S. as for "the rules on drinking" friend of mine had an op in a private hospital 3 years ago. He stayed in for 2 weeks and had a constant stream of visitors. The guy was ex pub trade and ran up a