Thursday, August 28, 2003
BBC NEWS | Health | Staff 'too busy to deliver baby'
BBC NEWS | Health | Staff 'too busy to deliver baby':
"A 26-year-old woman says her fiancé was forced to deliver their baby at home after staff at the local hospital said they were too busy to help.
Sally Earnshaw said she phoned Watford General Hospital to say her waters had broken and she was in labour.
But instead of being told to come in, she claims she was told to take paracetamol and have a bath.
Miss Earnshaw said she called the hospital repeatedly but staff refused to believe she was about to give birth.
One midwife told her she was not in labour and she 'should have read the books more carefully'. "
9 hours later her boyfriend delivered the baby at home.
This is your NHS. The one you pay for. What a fucking shower they are. I hope she sues for millions. And the people involved lose their jobs as they obviously aren't up to the task.
So, are you or your partner pregant? Get reading 'cause the NHS might not want to deliver it for you.
"A 26-year-old woman says her fiancé was forced to deliver their baby at home after staff at the local hospital said they were too busy to help.
Sally Earnshaw said she phoned Watford General Hospital to say her waters had broken and she was in labour.
But instead of being told to come in, she claims she was told to take paracetamol and have a bath.
Miss Earnshaw said she called the hospital repeatedly but staff refused to believe she was about to give birth.
One midwife told her she was not in labour and she 'should have read the books more carefully'. "
9 hours later her boyfriend delivered the baby at home.
This is your NHS. The one you pay for. What a fucking shower they are. I hope she sues for millions. And the people involved lose their jobs as they obviously aren't up to the task.
So, are you or your partner pregant? Get reading 'cause the NHS might not want to deliver it for you.
