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[THE HIGHLANDER]

On thursday i was unfortunately and inoccently involved in a accident and had to attend the above hospital for a head wound,on arriving at the hospital,i could see their was a quite a few patients already waiting so i sat down with my partner and a wonderful lady called Joanne who owns and runs our local taverna in Anarita,who insisted on taking us to hospital in her jeep (one of the kindest people you could ever wish to meet, thank you Joanne) Anyway on seeing i had a gaping head wound and was saturated in blood all over,i was taken away and seen too imediately by a lovely, kind comforting Cypriot nurse who spoke excellent english,she then took to me to a small theature where she cleaned and injected the wound,then very gently and carefuly inserted 7 stiches and i hardly felf any pain at all,i personaly thanked the nurse for her kind and profesional approach in dealing with me,and she said dont be silly its my job and smiled,concidering the poor wages the nurses recieve,i think we have to praise these Angels their dedication in helping us !!!!!!

[Hazza]

Sorry to hear about your accident. If you really want to show your appreciation to the nurse, write a letter to the hospital praising her. Let her bosses know that she done well, that she was helpful. I bet all her bosses hear are the negatives.

[Southerner]

We aren't living in Cyprus just yet, but last year on bank holiday Monday my Wife had a badly swollen face due to an insect bite, we were in A&E all of 15 mins, they even phoned to check which pharmacy was open.
The following Friday more insect bites on her legs, it was very busy; this 25 mins. All this and half price prescriptions.
What can you say about this kind of treatment compared to the UK?

Highlander, hope your injury is healing well.

[deedeepuss]

Hope you are feeling better Highlander.

UK A & E couldn't be any further from your experience if they tried. A couple of years ago my Father was very poorly, the doctor came out and did blood tests, then returned to tell us he could have thrombosis. With a history of heart disease, beart bypass surgery etc. he was asked to go to hospital for further checks. The doctor was uanble to get an ambulance so I took him to A & E as requested. This was around 6pm. After asking as many staff as we could "How much longer do we have to wait", my elderly father saw a doctor at around 11pm. Then when my Mother was dying of lung cancer and was taken to hospital with breathing difficulty, she was fotunate enough to be taken in to A & E by ambulance, and had a bed, however the bed was a trolley in the corridor of A & E. I prayed that nothing happened to her whilst we waited for a bed on the ward, the thought of losing her under those circumstances would have been unbearable.

I don't blame the staff they do a marvellous job, but the whole system is just so desperate.

[Helen & David]

We totally agree with all of the above. Last year we were visiting for a month, kinda trial run for the real deal later this year. My fiance had a problem with his digestive system (don't think you wana know any more) but my point is......... we went to A&E in Paphos and he was seen straight away. They were more than helpful and said he should return the next day to see the consultant "upstairs". So he arrived the next day with trepidation but after a slight delay at the reception desk, we paid £15 and he went upstairs to see the Consultant who performed a procedure (endoscopy) which you would be lucky to get in the NHS in at least 3 months. All was well (thankfully) and some appropriate medication (costing only a few pounds - less than the prescription charges at home) returned him to good health! We didn't even have to utilise the travel insurance we paid for as it would have cost more than just paying the local fees. Respect to all the staff, including the consultant who trained and worked in the UK for 7 years...... satisfied (if slightly embarrased) my fiance and I enjoyed the rest of our stay with no worries at all.

In fact at that time, he wasn't my fiance because he proposed to me 2 days later (I hope he wasn't under the influence of drugs (prescriptions) LOL
Can't wait to move later this year as we will be living in Paphos and now have no worries about any aspects of our future there (apart from the car I want to bring which seems to be too expensive).
All we have to do now is find an apartment and a job!!! "Where there's a will there's a way they say"

[humanist]

On thursday i was unfortunately and inoccently involved in a accident and had to attend the above hospital for a head wound,on arriving at the hospital,i could see their was a quite a few patients already waiting so i sat down with my partner and a wonderful lady called Joanne who owns and runs our local taverna in Anarita,who insisted on taking us to hospital in her jeep (one of the kindest people you could ever wish to meet, thank you Joanne) Anyway on seeing i had a gaping head wound and was saturated in blood all over,i was taken away and seen too imediately by a lovely, kind comforting Cypriot nurse who spoke excellent english,she then took to me to a small theature where she cleaned and injected the wound,then very gently and carefuly inserted 7 stiches and i hardly felf any pain at all,i personaly thanked the nurse for her kind and profesional approach in dealing with me,and she said dont be silly its my job and smiled,concidering the poor wages the nurses recieve,i think we have to praise these Angels their dedication in helping us !!!!!!

Welcome to Cyprus

[devil]

Unfortunately, I can't say the same about Larnaca. My wife had a severe unstoppable nose bleed (she was on Warfarin at tht time). I phoned the GP and he told me to take her to Larnaca. She saturated a large hand towel, literally dripping with blood, on the journey (25 min). She was told to wait while they did the bureaucracy. Eventually, she was taken to a cubicle where she filled a kidney bowl with blood. After about 30 minutes, a doctor came, and simply stuffed her nose with a metre of gauze strip. She was visibly in shock from loss of blood (I would guess she had lost at least a litre). The doc told her to come back the following morning (it was about midnight). I took her home. The following morning, we went back as instructed. Waited about an hour. The doc then pulled out the gauze and it started to bleed again, cauterised it and stuffed some more gauze in. That was it. It took her a month before she recovered, with no follow-up, no medication from the hospital (we consulted the GP a coupla days later and he prescribed medication for the resultant anaemia, as his blood test revealed severe anomalies).

One morning, I tripped on an uneven pavement and slightly sprained my right ankle. I drove my wife to a supermarket, where I hobbled around, helping her with the shopping, although it was quite painful, but not exceedingly so. I then drove her back home, hoping that I would not have to brake hard. I bathed the ankle in cold water, as it had swollen way up. By mid afternoon, I was in pain and the swelling was the size of a melon. I thought this was unusual, so I asked a neighbour to take me to A&E at Larnaca. As I hobbled up the ramp to the door, a group of nurses were standing there, smoking and chatting at 1430. One asked whether I had a problem, as if it weren't obvious. I went in. There was a Dr behind the desk and I explained the problem. She immediately called a porter and sat me in a wheelchair and, within 5 minutes of my arrival, the ankle was X-rayed from all angles, and I was wheeled back to the reception area. The films followed a minute later: broken fibula, a clean fracture just above the ankle. The doc said she would call the orthopaedist. So I sat there, chatting with my neighbour. 30 minutes passed, then 60, then 90 and eventually he arrived, visibly and vocally upset at being called out, even though it was only 1630 or thereabouts, on a Friday. I was taken to the plastering room and he put on a cast and was told to come back in 4 weeks. That weekend, I had some discomfort but it increased by Monday. I phoned my GP and told him the story and explained I was in pain because the foot was moving around in the cast, was this normal? He said no, he would call back. 15 minutes later, he said that I had to go to a private orthopaedist immediately at a given address. Appealing to my good neighbour again, he took me there. More X-rays, through the cast. He confirmed the diagnosis but said that he could see there was a good 3 cm of space, on both sides, between the leg and the cast, because the swelling had gone down, by about half. He said it was aberrant to put a cast over such a swelling and expect it to be OK for 4 weeks. He cut off the old cast and put on a new one, which was almost immediately more comfortable, He then told me to come back that Friday, as I would need another cast as the swelling would have gone down completely by then. On the Friday, he put on a walking cast and healing progressed normally. 5 weeks and another cast later, he removed all support and recommended exercises to re-strengthen the ankle. No sequels.

[bigdog]

[quote="THE HIGHLANDER"]On thursday i was unfortunately and inoccently involved in a accident

Was it a wee drinking accident ?

Only messing hope you are OK !