Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 14 Feb 2001, at 13:53, Johnny Deadman wrote: > I don't know, Joseph. I quit the UK too. Last time I was in a British > hospital (my son had a fever and we were there four days) the place > was filthy and relied completely on antibiotics to fight > cross-infection. The staff were delightful but thin on the ground and > you couldn't get decent food for love nor money. The hospital was > falling to bits and the paediatrician was leaving for a career in TV. > There were bloodstains all over the floor that had been there for 2 > days. It looked like someone somewhere had just given up. It has been a while since I've dealt directly with research hospitals in the UK, but at that time (five years ago or so) the researchers were dedicated, but couldn't get the funds for projects. One of my contacts at Charing Cross left for Austrailia, happier with what she could do there.