The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

wondercollie

Ambulances are cleaned at the end of each trip.   You are incredibly lucky to have a patient transport service.  Here, you find and pay your own way to all medical appointments.   Some charities assist those with specific needs, like chemo.  The government only pays for those who have to travel over three hours to reach specialized care not offered in their home community.    A routine trip in for blood work?  No assistance.

GreyQueen

They probably will build infectious diseases hospitals again. The are already building units to handle infectious diseases within hospital sites. Being as this is Modern Times, they'll be called Hubs.

Nargleblast

What's the betting that they'll be called something like Acute Infection Monitoring Hubs but we'll all call them Bug Hubs?

Greenglockenspiel

I went to an infectious diseases clinic/department within a general hospital a few years ago.

GreyQueen

Bug Hubs, lovin' it.

I get covid swabbed tomorrow, ahead of admission on Friday for major surgery.

jamanda

Hope your surgery goes well and smoothly GreyQueen

3secondmemory

wondercollie said:

Ambulances are cleaned at the end of each trip.   You are incredibly lucky to have a patient transport service.  Here, you find and pay your own way to all medical appointments.   Some charities assist those with specific needs, like chemo.  The government only pays for those who have to travel over three hours to reach specialized care not offered in their home community.    A routine trip in for blood work?  No assistance.

Ordinarily I pay for Volunteer drivers but they are not available. Any new specialist that you’re referred to, you can request patient transport. In my case it was a Private specialist breathing hospital I’ve never been to before and I’m not fit to travel alone. Since then the New Specialist has requested fortnightly blood tests which are done at another hospital. Again because it’s been requested by consultant and I am shielding, I would be allowed to request patient transport but I feel I can make it on the bus or in a taxi. 

It’s the same for everybody when it comes to necessary treatment – if you’ve got no want to take you to the hospital they will arrange transport for you

GreyQueen

jamanda said:

Hope your surgery goes well and smoothly GreyQueen

  Thanks, hun. I'm not looking forward to the old sticks-up-the-nose malarkey, but it's a necessary step, as is the two weeks pre-surgical isolation, of course. If I felt better, I would be climbing the walls, as it is, I am glad of the rest!

boultdj

Good luck with every thing GQ.

elaine241

Well I think I must be one of those hovering between sickness and health. As a family we finished our two week isolation on Friday after one of youngest sons tests came out positive. On Saturday I developed a tight chest, cough and felt generally crappy ( medical term!). Off I went to the testing station again this morning, only one there, to get my third test! The main reason is that OH is booked into work Tuesday onward and we want to be sure I am negative before he starts the contract. I have a slight fever and am feeling very tired but can still taste and smell things so not sure if I have the full set of symptoms or not. One thing I am getting very good at is Covid testing!! Fingers crossed!! Results should come through v early tomorrow if the other results are anything to go by.