Prince Philip's in hospital again!

[scaredycat12]

Bladder infection apparently:

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2154486/BREAKING-NEWS-Prince-Philip-taken-hospital-bladder-infection.html

[diddl]

Imagine being in your 80s, your 90yr old husband taken to hospital & you can´t go with him as you have to work!

[Bossybritches22]

He was taken to the King Edward 7th hospital in London where they all go, it's geared up for them & therefore is easier for the security staff.

The doctor was called to Windsor where they'd gone after the barge. The duty doc was called & he wanted PP to be admitted as "a precaution" . (know someone in Windsor medical circles)

No-one would be advised to take a potentially very ill frail old man in their own car in case he deteriorated. Hopefully a bit OTT, but better that than ignore it, he's quite a stoical old stick, if he could have soldiered on he would have I'm sure.

[ontheedgeofwhatever]

Poor man, politics aside I hope he gets better soon and what a great shame it had to happen during such a major celebration. It must have been hard for his family to keep smiling yesterday.

We are so lucky to have the NHS and the associated ambulances in this country. Surely no one is cold hearted enough to begrudge an ill 91 year old man an ambulance and the immediate attention offered by paramedics just because he happens to be richer and more privileged than they are - or at least that's what I assumed before i read this thread :(

[NCIS]

He is in King Edwards hospital in Windsor apparently. The nearest A & E would have been Wexham Park. The poor chap must be feeling dreadful.
Bladder infections can be very serious in the elderly and can present as extreme confusion. It's a very common thing for the ambulance service to be called out to the elderly with UTI's.

Can't remember the poster but you do NOT get seen quicker if you come in by ambulance. You are treated as befits your condition regardless. You can still end up in the waiting room/ waiting longer if your condition is not serious enough

[FaceCrack]

Bladder infections can be horrible in the elderly. They get dehydrated and can often get confused with them. He's probably quite unwell. As a doctor, I'd expect anyone of his age to call an ambulance regardless of wealth for a condition like that.

[outtolunchagain]

He's in a private hospital not NHS and I am pretty sure the ambulance was private too

[bobbysmum07]

The problem with thisisyesterday and others of her ilk is that they're nowhere near as clever as they think they are.

[Lunabelly]

Some of the lack of compassion here is astounding.

Hopefully he will be ok - as I would wish for anyone. And FYI - my late grandfather, toward the end of his life, was tended to by paramedics and sometimes carted off on an almost weekly basis, before dying at 85. He was never refused.
Sometimes people are unable to get an ambulance, (maybe because all the teams are busy tending to drunken twunts?), and that's bad; No reason to wish ill on someone who did get seen to though.

Doctors and emergency operators are far more qualified to make this call than we are, and a bladder infection can complicate fast, septicaemia being just one. Any medical person here will know how horrific that is.

[WidowWadman]

I was surprised how quickly my UTI developed into septicaemia last year. Was pretty shocking really. And I'm only in my 30ies.

But anyway, it's pretty low to whinge about an old man accessing medical services.

[OneHandFlapping]

"if someone is likely to die of a bladder infection within 10-15 minutes, and an NHS ambulance was the quickest possible way of getting him treatment then I will retract what I have said."

If death within 10-15 minutes were the criterion for calling an ambulance, we'd need a lot fewer of them than we've got. I've never heard such tosh.

[hellhasnofurylikeahungrywoman]

Of course there are private paramedics, in our area there is Norvic, I'm sure other areas must have their own versions.

[Namechangerdogowner]

They could have been private paramedics.

[monkeymoma]

"i just think rules are rules. and if they're being broken for royalty that isn't fair"

what am I missing here? what rules have been broken? please explain

[monkeymoma]

at one point when I worked in London, the nearest hopsital for ambulances with serious cases was on the Isle of weight because all others nearer had no ITU beds or capacity to transfer or downgrade any ITU patients,
so its not necessarily nearset geographically, but nearest one with available services

[HMQueenElizabeth]

And the rule is if an attending Dr says to ambulance control that a patient needs an ambulance the patient GETS an ambulance!

[thisisyesterday]

no-one is bashing a 91 year old man.

i just think rules are rules. and if they're being broken for royalty that isn't fair

is paddington the nearest hospital to windsor?

[OddBoots]

I know when I had complications from a surgery after I'd gone home the ambulance phoned the hospital I'd had the surgery in to find out if they wanted me back there or to my nearest so it doesn't have to be the nearest, it's the most suitable.

[Meglet]

My Auntie was taken to hospital by ambulance with her bladder infections, although this is possibly because a doctor was called out during the night each time.

[HMQueenElizabeth]

And what about drunken idiots who've been in fights, perhaps they're the ones you should be bashing and not a sick 91 year old man.

If an attending Dr calls ambulance control and states a patient needs an ambulance, then the patient gets an ambulance. If you call ambulance control sometimes they have to deduce whether it is necessary to send one. They have to prioritise. I'm not saying it was right in the case you describe, I don't know the details, I wasn't there. But it's just the way it is.

Why are people being so inconsiderate.

[Shesparkles]

Or maybe he didn't fancy tonight's concert
I hope he's ok, whatever anyone thinks about the monarchy, he's a much loved husband

[monkeymoma]

Royals absolutely do get admitted to nearest NHS hospitals in emergencies, I've worked where one was

[thisisyesterday]

maybe someone who works for the ambulance service can clarify, but i thought they are supposed to take you to the nearest hospital?

it must surely have been a private ambulance?

[Kellamity]

Poor Prince Philip, I hope he gets better soon. Bladder infections in the elderly can be quite nasty. Having said that my 18 month old niece was hospitalised with a UTI at the beginning of last week, she was very unwell all of a sudden, better now thank goodness.

[monkeymoma]

"i am merely pointing out that when other people are being turned down and told to go to hospital by themselves, despite having NO way of getting there, it's pretty fucking annoying to see someone who can get there being sent one immediately.
just because they're rich/famous/royal"

"normal" elderly people who suddenly don't know who how or where they are and are falling all over themselves due to underlying UTIs also get ambulances to hospital, I've worked in A&E and never known anyone in that state to get themselves there!

[Olympia2012]

Hope he gets the medical care he needs