Socialized medicine at it's finest hour
Perfect example of why the government should stay the hell out of health care.
From the
UK Telegraph:
Woman gives birth on motorway after being sent home by hospital
Rebecca Longley, 20, delivered Aaliyah herself as boyfriend Andrew Mildenhall tried to stay focused on the road ahead.
The couple had first gone to the hospital that morning and then again in the evening but were told both times that Miss Longley wasn't ready to give birth.
Two hours later the beauty therapist's waters broke but when she phoned the same hospital, medics advised her to stay at home.
Ten minutes later the couple decided to take matters into their own hands and head back to the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, in Winchester, Hants.
But before they got there Miss Langley went into labour and gave birth to 6lb 1oz baby girl Aaliyah on the front passenger seat on the M3 motorway.
Her first child -- thank God that there were no complications.
I remember reading that there is a government mandated maximum wait time for the Emergency Rooms over there so that ambulances are directed to park with their engines running until such time as there is a slot open for their patient.
The government already runs the Department of Motor Vehicles, Homeland Security, Amtrak, the Post Office and Social Security -- we can plainly see what a fantastic job they are doing there.
And there are idiots that seriously think that letting them run our health care would be a good idea?
Posted by DaveH at June 11, 2009 2:25 PM