Hi everyone,
I'm tired and grumpy, so don't know if IABU here. And actually I need to vent pent up frustration! It's long but I don't want to dripfeed. Backstory: it's winter where we are and many locals don't believe in winter here, dress inappropriately for the elements, houses poorly insulated, hospitals overflow with sick people etc. Slowly, it's dawning that something has to change, but the pace of actual change has been glacial (I've been living here for >20years on and off).
For example, if in Northern Europe, where we lived for a bit recently, the daycare staff would make sure the children were dressed in shoes/pants/jacket +/- hat to play outside, here, on a day with the same temperature, I could easily find DC playing outside in damp clothing / no jacket at pick up time. TBH, it doesn't matter whether he's inside or out, it's equally cold everywhere anyway!
Because we've moved around due to work, it's DS' third daycare here and it's the same attitude everywhere. It is basically the "norm" that kids are sick all through winter and go to daycare unless they actually have a fever. That was not the case in Europe and generally kids seemed healthier, including mine who never got sick in childcare centre there, not even a sniffle.
Anyway, cut forward to today, my husband drops off DS4 at daycare as per normal, I come to pick him up at 5.00pm and find my child coughing almost non-stop, dry cough, as if he choked on something. But it keeps going and going, despite glass of water, etc. The staff tell me "oh, he's had this cough all afternoon." 
This is a centre with good reputation and up until today, apart from the "norm" I described above (and which cannot be changed precisely because it's the "norm" here) we've had no issues there. It's attached to the hospital where I work, the staff know I work there + they have all our phone numbers of course.
So my AIBU is this, if my kid is normally well, not prone to coughing fits, etc, wouldn't you ring one of the parents when the child develops unstoppable cough for several hours? They didn't check his temp either.
Yes, it's a viral illness, likely combination of sniffles running down the back of the nose and irritated airway, he's otherwise fine, he needs warmth, TLC and time. He is still coughing but at least not constantly like before thanks to warm drinks, regular paracetamol and Brufen - again, both of those are on his list of meds they can just give him if needed, but neither was given.
I am just annoyed because if they'd rung me, I would have collected him much earlier - sure, I had work to do but of the sort that I could do from home and my work would have been fine with that, especially in the scenario of an unwell child.
Sorry it got so long 
just wondering whether to raise it with daycare or not bother, since it's unlikely to change, right?