21st May 2012 Strange But True Hospital Stories

(I might have posted this before, if so, have another giggle anyway.)

 

** Mr. Brown ~

 

A woman telephoned St Mary’s Hospital and asked to speak to Ward E2 as she was enquiring as to the progress of one of the patient’s in that ward. She explained that she wanted to know if the patient was getting better, doing as expected or getting worse.

 

A staff nurse answered the phone, "Hallo, Ward E2. What is the name of the patient and his room number?"

"He is in bed 1, room 10, "came the reply, "And his name is Albert Brown."

 

"Could you hold the line for a moment, "the nurse asked, "While I check his records. Ah, yes, Mr Brown is doing well: blood pressure OK, blood test results appear normal, he’s going to be taken off the heart monitor and if he continues to improve then Doctor Svoboda is going to send him home tomorrow at midday."

 

"Oh, that’s super, amazing, I’m so pleased to hear the news; it really is fantastic, thank you so much."

"You sound so glad,"replied the nurse, "You must be a close friend or a relative of Mr Brown."

 

The man answered, "Not exactly, I’m Albert Brown in Ward E2, room 10, bed 1. Nobody here ever tells me anything."

 

Footnote:

 

In case you are wondering, Albert's day job is a ventriloquist. While this is a strange but true story, all other details have been changed to protect the innocent.

 

** The Expert ~

 

While working as a radiology technician in a hospital emergency room, I took some X-rays of a trauma patient and took the results to the senior radiologist, who studied the multiple fractures of the femurs and pelvis.

 

'What on earth happened to this patient?' he asked in astonishment.

'He fell out of a tree,' according to the report.

 

The radiologist wanted to know what the patient was doing up a tree.

'I'm not sure, but his paperwork states he works for Mark's Expert Tree Pruning Service.'

 

Gazing intently at the X-rays, the radiologist blinked and said, 'Cross out 'expert.'

 

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21st May 2012 How Fast You Wish To Go Around The World?

Remember an old film 'Around The World In 80 Days'? People today would retort that you can easily do it in just 4-5 days. Sure you can, I had once left London to go to San Francisco and arrived there earlier in hour on the same day than that of my departure time from UK. But easy as it is to fly around, to me even 80 days is not enough. Not if you mean to actually see the countries, not merely to cover ground, taking a superficial glimpse of each so that you can boast to all on your return that you have 'done' the world having been to every corner of the world, which, you know it, is impossible.

 

I am amongst the old fashioned and very curious travellers, when I visit a new country, I like to see as much as I can, learn as much about local traditions and cultures, take part, if opportunities arise, to join in celebrations and other social events, meet local people and, if lucky enough, make a friend or two.

This morning, I eavesdropped (only because I sat so near) on the conversation amongst a few young people in the coffee shop, sitting right next to my table. One of them said that at this time of serious crisis when there's no jobs to be found and, before sitting about using up what little saving there is, one might just as well go travelling round the world, to see what lies on the other side of the horizon, meeting new contacts and might even find worthwhile opportunities. He had done some careful calculating, he said: to stay in Barcelona for 1 year, it would cost about 14,000 €, while travelling for that period would cost some 8,000. Depending how you travel of course, he added.

 

Precisely this month, the Travel Club had organised the 2nd Congress Bloggers Round The World, in which 28 speakers tell their experiences of the round the world travel, with the One World Explorer ticket, offering 800 possible destinations.

One has to search and plan beforehand to know how each country on your itinerary treats it's visitors, sometimes it could be very expensive if you happen to come upon certain bureaucracy. One young man in the group said that his uncle & aunt had gone to Turkey and had to pay 52,000 € on that matter of bureaucracy alone. The trouble is, that bureaucrats are everywhere, aren't they?

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