Injured man dies after rejection by 14 hospitals

Queen-Mise

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Strange as this may seem in our current political state. I can say something positive about our Irish health care system, at least they take patients in They may leave them on trolleys then for a few days, but at least they don't die at the side of the road.


'More than 14,000 emergency patients were rejected at least three times by Japanese hospitals before getting treatment in 2007, the latest government survey showed.In the worst case, a woman in her 70s with a breathing problem was rejected 49 times in Tokyo.
There was also the high-profile death of a pregnant woman in western Nara city in 2006 that prompted the government to establish a panel to look into the hospitals' practice of refusing care.
In that case, the woman was refused admission by 19 hospitals that said they were full. She died eight days later from a brain hemorrhage after falling unconscious during birth.'

Mr. Incognito

All them Japs pulling sickies- culture of work my hole.