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

Actually they can pay for private healthcare from their own wealth.So should not be using NHS anything...including Ambulances

So do you think that the NHS should be means-tested?

He was in hospital over Christmas too, poor bloke. I don't think he will see the year out. Infections are very difficult to clear in 90 year olds.

Ha ha!

Maybe the ambulane needed to asess him first? Then after that the decision to transfer to hospital was made?

Whoever he is -he is a 91 year old man who is a beloved husband,dad, grandad & g-grandad. Have some compassion

A bladder infection at that age is not to be taken lightly, best to be cautious.

I hope he recovers soon, & that Hr Maj gets to some of the concert.

i don't think the NHS should be means tested

but if i had the money they have i wouldn't be wasting NHS resources, i'd be getting him to whichever private hospital they use as quickly as possible under my own steam

My nan is in her late 90's any pain/fever/d&v she gets I call an ambulance, I can drive and the hospital is only 10 minutes away but these things can get bad very quickly, can actually be more of a serious problem than first suspected and age does unfortunately play a part at making things worse. I've never had an ambulance refused for her.

Ah Jinsei you are working yourself up love.Calm down dearDefending people who don't know you exist or if they did would not give a damn.Just another forelock tugger...someone they would despise if they thought about it (which they probably dont)

but titsalina... surely by the time you've waited for an ambulance to come out and assess you could have got to the hospital already?

So how much money would a person need then? Does this 'rule' apply to every rich person?

Because some elderly people receive poor care, they all should? Makes total sense.

Doobydoo - If they had had a private ambulance come for him, you would be saying they get preferential treatment. If they make use of the same facilities available to everyone else, you say they are depriving others by using up NHS funds. In your eyes whatever they do is wrong.

how'd you work that one out ladywidmerpool?

You get seen quicker/first if you arrive by ambulance don't you?

Plus get treatment on the way!

No scaredycat.Private ambulance would be better in my book

i don't think anyone would be complaining about preferential treatment if they paid for a private ambulance actually.

i'd think that very sensible.

maybe that's what actualy happened in fact

Could have been a private ambulance surely . . .

you don't get seen any quicker if you arrive by ambulance, you would get triaged and put on the waiting list just like you would if you arrived by yourself

I would have assumed it was a private Dr and the press are just interpreting that as 'paramedics'

Nah they've always been quick and I can get advice on the phone, when you've got a scared, frail, elderly lady into the car, parked and through a&e admissions it's generally quicker in an ambulance, especially since she's unstable on her feet and has very bad dementia.

yes, thinking about it it probably was a private ambulance. because a NHS ambulance would take him to the nearest hospital wouldn't it? and i can't imagine them just turning up at any old a&e??

AFAIK, many private hospitals don't have the facilities to treat emergencies (which a bladder infection is in the elderly).
Calling an ambulance was probably the most appropriate action for them to take.
He may have needed medical attention en route to hospital, which a private car could not have provided.

Is there private paramedics?

Agreeing with posters re bladder infection/elderly. My Grandad collapsed a couple of months ago & that's what it was.

doobydoo patronising much?

As I've already said on this thread, I'm no monarchist, and given a vote tomorrow, I'd vote for a republic. And fwiw, I think the duke is a bit of a national embarrassment. I couldn't care less thst they have no knowledge of/interest in me.

But I also have some compassion, I'm able to separate the individuals from the institution and frankly, I would feel sorry for any elderly man who fell ill during an important family occasion. I just think it's a bit low to start making political capital out of a 91 year old bloke who may well be on his very last legs.

It just goes to show what is meant by loss if privacy, when a 90yr old can't even have a bit of plumbing trouble without it making the news.