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January 16, 2008
Moonbattery Wreaks Havoc on Australian Ambulance Service
From Down Under, a hint of what what's in store for medicine once it becomes "free" under socialism:
Melbourne's $16 million-a-year ambulance dispatch system is forcing paramedics to race through streets to treat nose bleeds, apply sticking plaster and tend to compulsive hand-washers.
Ambulance officers say a computer dispatch program that fails to distinguish between a heart attack and a stubbed toe sends them on thousands of unnecessary high-speed runs each year.
Ambulances have been sent to people with in-grown toenails and sprained ankles — at $860 a trip.
Emergency calls have included:
A PATIENT whose lip had been cut on a pizza crust.
A MAN with a paper cut.
A BOY with a grazed knee.
When people don't have to pay for medical care, they'll be calling 911 to have aspirin delivered for their hangovers.
But Australia hasn't collapsed into communism yet. Why are half of the highest priority emergency calls for insignificant injuries?
Their union says ambulances are sent to most jobs to eliminate the risk of litigation.
Laments Ambulance Employees Union secretary Steve McGhie:
It is an American system based on (fear of) being sued. It's causing huge concerns for paramedics. It will get worse before it gets better.
Congratulations, John Edwards. Your kind has changed the world.
Thankfully he'll never be President, but he's still left his mark. Via Caption This!
On a tip from Reuben.
Posted by Van Helsing at January 16, 2008 8:00 AM
