American Visits British Hospital for the First Time
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- Опубліковано 30 лис 2019
- Here's the whole story of when I got diagnosed with appendicitis this earlier this week. Big shoutout to everyone that sent such lovely messages of support to me through this whole ordeal, and also to dodie for taking me to the hospital and staying my my (smelly) side. The NHS and British hospitals in general I'm super appreciative of especially because as an American, I probably would've opted to stay home to save the crazy amount of money it would've cost if I still lived in the United States.
Big thanks to dodie: / doddleoddle
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God save our NHS, but seriously they are the best thing about this country
Patrick Mccarthy yes yes it is
If the Tories get in again I think we actually will need to have God to save out NHS
Patrick Mccarthy one day you’ll turn up at a hospital and there’ll be a priority waiting room smh
Look at everyone getting angry and replying to me 😂 bloody wankers
It really is! I hear these stories and I'm like by goodness how expensive it would be in US.
I’m laughing at your surprise over the use of tummy it’s such a British thing
Abisha R I live in America and every kid says tummy, so I don’t know what happened to Evan
@@ellienewman1005 Children say tummy, but doctors in the US don't (unless talking to children). Here they say abdomen or stomach to adults.
@@ellienewman1005 he meant it's a kids term, not something used by professionals in the US
In the American South kids normally say "belly" or "tummy", then "stomach" as adults.
Yeah, in America, "tummy" sounds very childish. Like, you'd expect people to stop saying it when they hit 10 years old or so.
I'm a medical student and we usually say "tummy" when talking to patients. Stomach is inaccurate as it's just one organ within your tummy. Abdomen is the correct term but can sound very medical so we don't use it as much as we're taught not to use medical jargon and to use patient-friendly terms. Belly is usually referred to in pregnancy as it implies a distended abdomen. Hope that helps clear the confusion - tummy is probably a British thing! :)
it is interesting because in France , we say Abdomen and i'm pretty sure every french know this word . i never figure out , before reading your comment that abdomen could be use in english .
Also some here say the french equivalent of stomach (estomac ) but it is inaccurate . Thanks for the share .
and I like our tummy button
Patient-friendly in the early 1980's with advanced TB, so bad I couldn't even sit on a chair in A&E, and laid on the floor I was so weak. "Get that girl out of here now - get her away from those children!!!" er what?
I was told later that everyone had to be evacuated immediately, as I was so contagious, and they had to spend tens of thousands , deep cleaning the A&E.
I hate "tummy". Is it my stomach, upper intestines , lower intestines, or bowel? Is it my women's bit's or lower intestines and how do you know the difference? I always ask.
When I was repeatedly told my TB was merely psychological illness, I don't trust them ever again.
@@heathermcdougall8023 A problem with women's/men's bits would normally be referred to as "a problem down below" by the patient. Intestines are usually referred to as small and large, the large one also being called the large bowel. I think the terminology depends on the age of the patient and the age of the clinician.
@@Eldiran1 I’m pretty sure it’s more about seeming more friendly or casual rather than not knowing the word to be fair.
As an ex-NHS employee (non-clinical) I can inform you that the NHS is under tremendous pressure regardless of Covid and is an amazing example of Social healthcare. It's not perfect but is a completely magnificent organisation.
Cheers!
It is when it works. When it doesn't, it goes horribly wrong, witness repeated disasters where people have died due to NHS staff incomptence/negligence eg the death Saffie-Rose Roussos.
For really good, NHS equivalent healthcare - go to any Western european countries; all of whom have free at point of care services (like the NHS) but all of whom are properly funded and (imo) far better
@@redcardinalist well even now the UK system is three times cheaper than the American system with better outcomes.
@@redcardinalist You can say the same about ANY system with humans in. All humans are capable of screwing up. The problem is the tory led media that is supporting the government, who are in the process of asset stripping the NHS right now is only to happy to make hay with tiny numbers of screw ups (while ignoring that the government is often responsible for them) and not bothering with the massive numbers of people alive and not in overwhelming debt to be so.
You can find videos of very sick people turfed out into american streets because their money ran out. Thats despicable and could not happen under the NHS. Give it some more years and another tory clusterfuck government and who knows though...
@@redcardinalist Well said. The overall outcome of care from the NHS is low by international standards, yet the staff are very well paid against those same countries. Protect free healthcare at the point of service yes, but the delivery of care needs ripping up and starting again.
As an aside to those that are against private companies being involved in healthcare, every GP is and always has been either an employee or owner of a private company. All primary healthcare in the UK is outsourced to privately owned companies.
I am Australian, and we also have free medical for all. The idea that an affluent country cares for its sick and injured citizens is a no-brainer. That any society would refuse to treat someone because they don't have enough money is such an insult to humanity, it is repulsive.
I'm Swiss. We have a system which could work in the US. Health insurance is mandatory but you have to choose a private health insurance company. Some things get paid and some not. There is a deductible. I for example have to pay the first 300 swiss francs myself. You have to choose between normal, half private and private insurance. If you choose private for example you get a single room in a hospital and you can choose from more meals. Dentists and aesthetic surgeries for example doesn't get paid. You also have to pay for the ambulance.
Leenapanther We already have that, it’s called Obamacare but it isn’t as great..unfortunately
@@Leenapanther why would you pay the first 300 yourself your insurance comapny should cover the first ammount thats horrible
Hazed Most American insurance plans are like this... except you pay like the first 1200 (usually more) or something not the first 300 (this is cheap insurance but more people have plans like this than people with good insurance realize)
@@clytemnestra not fair at all holy shit a huge ammount of people cant afford a sudden 300 dollar bill but 1200 is life ruining
Putting off going to the doctor because “I’ve been through something worse” is literally part of being British 😂 welcome to the club!
i'd argue its more of a US thing because doctor's visits cost a fortune so you would avoid going at all costs...
@@heddadybvadskog-nebb5603 its an everywhere thing tbh, going to the doctor is just a big hassle
@@heddadybvadskog-nebb5603 yeah but the British apply it to everything 😂
@@heddadybvadskog-nebb5603 The thing with the UK system though is that it has to be a simple fix, or you have to be at death's door. Anything in between and they presume you are making it up, so you decide to live with it so as to avoid the embarrassment of doctors saying you make shit up/you just waiting around because they don't believe you. Like how those people were asking for painkillers for Evan, but the staff probably thought oh he was just being dramatic he can wait.
wow2283 I can say as someone who works within a hospital (don’t let the pp fool you it’s nearly 6 years old) when people ask for things like pain relief you do genuinely mean to get it however while on your way to get it your getting pulled to do a million other “quick” jobs and before you know it you’ve completely forgot what you where even doing or how you ended up there, it’s bad I know but it just shows how understaffed nhs hospitals are that there simply isn’t enough staff to carry out a simple task in a timely manner or even at all.
I recently had a 5 organ transplant which costs around £2 million! I paid... Nothing. They even picked me up from my home, an hour and a half away from the hospital, for free. I pay taxes but I'm pretty sure I've not paid £2m yet! Save the NHS! Xx
Five organ transplant, wow! I wish you a speedy and successful recovery.
@@wm9355 thank you 😊
Are you familiar with the thought experiment, ‘The Ship of Theseus?’ in the field of identity metaphysics? I'm joking I hope you've had a good recovery?
God bless the NHS.
Hope you are well mate ! Please let us know
I am so proud of the NHS - I have worked for it for 38 years. If you need it in an emergency situation it is treated immediately. It is not perfect, but the alternative could destroy you financially.
@@dannyarcher6370 thats fine for those that can afford it,, we have the NHS as well as private,, it is one of the best in the world for free medical care..
@dannyarcher6370 considering how much you got to pay for it, it better be awesome. My mum went private, has steroid injections and it still didnt help her. Cost her 1.5k total with appointments.
When you have a chronic disease, you learn to love the NHS.
literally!!
Midnight Fandoms yessssssss!!!
US insurance is a dick when it comes to chronic illness. Both my mom and I have chronic conditions, and every now and again, insurance will randomly deny coverage for a medication. No rhyme or reason to it, they just decide they don't want to pay...but once you confront them on it and fight tooth and nail, they'll fix it. I currently have to schedule a peer to peer with my doctor and insurance company because they denied one of my crucial medications for no reason. It's a chaotic whirlwind of stupid. 🤷🏼♀️
As someone in a wheelchair I can attest to that!
As someone with Cystic Fibrosis... I can attest to that too
You know Evan is becoming British when he's using 'Tory' as an insult lol
He's a twat for doing that
@@MinecraftImplosion He's speaking the truth, far from being a twat.
MinecraftImplosion Tory
Frank Smith I thought, that was her name. I have a Cousin Tori. LoL 😆... I’m American.
Juls Garriott I’ve got a cousin tori (Victoria) too! But over her it means the Conservative party also.
Whilst the NHS is not perfect I still LOVE it! NHS forever!
The NHS saved my life in 2015. I will NEVER forget that. And it wasn't a case of "I could have had s chance of surviving without the NHS" it was quite literally a case of if I didn't get the medical attention the NHS gave me I would have died.
Nothing came out my pocket. I'm tearing up writing this. I am so unbelievably thankful.
Stay well, my friend xx
Advice to people in the UK, anyone arguing about more private healthcare, tell them to look at the US as a failed example of private healthcare
Also there is no such thing as a private A&E. If there is an emergency, you'll be down with the rest of us plebs.
WELL SAID THANK YOU ❤
There is private a and E we have a few in Australia, we also have from health care as well as private@@eleanorcooke7136
“What if my appendix is somewhere else?”
-Evan Edinger, 2019
idk man I thought what if it was on my left side or back oops
@@evan My friends mom had an exploratory surgery because she had weird pain for years in a spot where there shouldn't be anything. It was her gal bladder which had dislodged and travelled up under her ribcage. It was pushing on some important nerves/arteries and stuff.
So you never know! Your appendix could be somewhere else lol. But probably not. ~Jj
@@evan Evan, most people have their appendix on the right side, however, some people have it on the left. So just keep it in mind
My appendix was on the wrong side! It was on the left instead of the right
Jazzy Josie 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Had a heart attack a few years back and was taken to hospital by ambulance where the nurses and doctors saved my life. After this I received great medical care from caring staff and left hospital 10 days later.
The cost was zero and no one in the UK commits suicide over medical bills btw.
The NHS is amazing and our greatest asset.
Nige GSX14 god, this really makes me cringe so hard to my country, fuck sake, NHS really is something init, hopefully we take steps one day to stop privatizing hospitals in the us. Medicare For All!
YA fUCKING PAYED FOR IT AND THE DOCTERS GET PAYED AS WELL
@@10wanderer ?
@Eve Oakley It's far cheaper though as everything is centralised, bulk-bought and not-for-profit
@Eve Oakley Hi Eve, that sounds like a rough 7 years. I'm glad to hear that you're healed and hopefully well. I have a similar story. At 13 I went to the GP after hallucinating and was told it was nothing. My lungs were actually filling with fluid in a large pneumonia infection and I'm only alive thanks to my mother taking me to a private hospital for a second opinion.
I'm not trying to brush over the NHS's issues but just wanted to point out that the tax bill the average UK citizen pays for the NHS is far less than the insurance cost American's pay and even with insurance they have to pay additional fees.
If you can afford private than that's excellent and probably beneficial for you (especially if it's a one-off) but the NHS is great for keeping general prices down. Insulin is far cheaper in UK than US
Been paying taxes for decades and have thankfully never been admitted to a hospital and have not visited my GP in 15 years. Even if I never use a penny's worth of service from the NHS and it benefits others who are in need then I'll happily keep contributing.
Absolutely, unfortunately, this isn't felt by many Americans, so their system will never improve.
@@judithhope8970 cause theyre brainwashed by big pharma funded politics
That is the right attitude! 😊I paid in for years without using it and now I’m a regular user. It’s swings and roundabouts.
@@judithhope8970 That's the power of brainwashing - It explains a lot about the States
This is exactly my point of view! It is indeed an insurance! Ie: we pay in case...and hope it never happens. No problem!
We (Canadian) were visiting in the UK when my husband broke a rib. We went to the hospital where they diagnosed him, and gave him a prescription for pain meds. We asked about paying and were told it was free even for tourists.
Emergency care is free for everyone but you can't just hop to the UK for any planned or non life threatening treatments and expect it for free.
@Romeo I don't care if someone is Italian, Pakistani, Malaysian, Spanish... I don't want them to die and I'm glad our healthcare system in the UK does not discriminate! Tourists really benefit the UK economically, so they are technically contributing to the country anyway. Big up the NHS!
My British mother-in-law visited us here in Australia. After a few weeks she felt ill and went to a public (universal healthcare) hospital. She had a world leading team of specialists treat her condition in an amazing hospital over a period of many weeks but unfortunately her condition was terminal. She and her husband had a dedicated staff member care for their every need including dealing with travel visa's etc. Her husband went home to England alone, but at least he only had a small bill of less than $100 for a few incidentals. Universal healthcare is amazing.
@@Nobody-hk1kz if someone feels unwell that isn't planned treatment, even if it is due to a pre existing condition.
@@nicolaw4729 Not true, EU citizens need to get a EHIC, Yanks would need insurance, they are billed, but at 150% of national tariff, which it self is based on the most cost effective treatment, not profit driven, generally the 50% barely covers chasing payment and write-offs.
Worked for my local health board.
Evan pays UK taxes so likely his costs wouldn't be raised.
This is such an NHS story - they’re absolutely brilliant in a life or death situation, but if you aren’t on deaths door they’re so overstretched that you’ll be waiting hours, even in agony. I really hope they get some more funding, especially given everything they’ve been through the last few months
Demonizer Necrokvlt Because of coronavirus a lot of not urgent care has been postponed to try and reduce exposure. This means there are quite a few doctors and nurses at the moment who don’t work in Covid response who aren’t actually as busy now as they normally are. If they want to try and raise the moral of the country, reassure people that the world isn’t ending, that things aren’t as bad as they seem, them personally I’m a fan of that. Also even if some of them do work in Covid response, if they want to spend their 5 minute break having a laugh and making a tiktok then good for them.
Katie J I think after this crisis, any party that tries to cut NHS services or funding is gonna get a walloping in the elections. I’m pretty sure we can lol rest easy, the outrage if anyone tries to mess around with it isn’t going to be worth the politicians’ time
@@jamiengo2343 the conservatives are already half way through selling off the English NHS, by the time we vote again it might be too late.
I’ve been to more American ERs than anyone else I know, and I can’t remember waiting less than four hours. Even that time I had 10 broken bones.
Since covid a and e has been empty especially Friday and Saturday nights!!
The trouble with people who grow up in the UK is that they fail to realise the gift that the NHS really is. My wife has MS and we have had such good care.
THEN THANK THE STAFF AND HOSPITAL YOU GET THIS GOOD CARE, BUT PLZ REMEMBER ONE HOSPITAL IS NOT THE NHS THER ARE GOOD BAD AND THE UGLY. ONE THING THO THE NHS NO LONGER EXISTS IN THE CAPACITY IT ONCE DID, YOU HAVE A GOOD LOCAL HEALTH SERVICE BUT ON THE WHOLE THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE IS VERY VERY BROKEN!! STAFF THAT CAN ARE TAKING EARLY RETIREMENT TO GET OUT B4 IT COMPLETELY CRUMBLES. THE STAFF ARE GREAT THE SERVICE ON A WHOLE IS BROKEN!. U HAD A GOOD EXPERIENCE BUT THOSE WHO DO NOT CAN END UP DEAD. MY MOTHER WAS NOT IN A CRITICAL CONDITION BUT A DAY IN HOSPITAL AND THEY NEARLY KILLED HER WITH THEIR INCOMPETENCE
I have MS too and have seen what the NHS can do.
Exactly
@@odoggow8157 Why are you shouting?
@@teethgrinder83 I love the NHS....it's the best thing about the UK
THE NHS IS AMAZING
It may not be perfect but one big thing is ALL the staff care and work BLOODY HARD for very little money.
If you have to wait 5hrs to be seen so what at least you are seen.
It terrifies me the thought that people in the US can be turned away from treatment because they have no money.
So respect the NHS we are so lucky to have it.
It scares me more that they will treat a person and then slap them with an impossible bill.
NHS is great. I had asthma as a young child and I'm an adult now - doctors are still going out of their way to give me check ups and inhalers for free! My nurse even apologised that my appointment was cancelled so they can give covid jabs - like, no problem! I'm barely ill! Thanks to the NHS for still taking care of me. I shudder to think about how much money it would cost if I needed to go private...
Hmm new album tomorrow 😏
“Alright Tory”
The most British phrase I’ve ever heard
He’s a true Brit now 🇬🇧
Its the British 'Ok boomer'
The new "Ok boomer". Basically the same thing anyway.
Ewan Carmichael No it is not, clearly since the majority of people want Brexit, just face it.
Ewan Carmichael I guess a “true Brit” is a Brexter at that rate
@@Lion10104 17.4m brits voted for Brexit, that is in no way the majority of people!
I work for the NHS. We have our share of issues but to even begin suggesting it should be privatized like in the US would be utter madness.
Operatic in the leaked paper the NHS was not mentioned as up for trade
Good thing no one is suggesting that..
rose h Its slowly being privatised and it's been happening for longer that you realise. Think about it. The obvious one is that we all used to be able to get free dental and eye check ups via the NHS. Now that part of the NHS is mostly gone to be run by companies like Specsavers or Boots . Or how about catering within the NHS? This used to be run by staff that worked for the NHS. Now it's more likely to be a catering firm. The same goes for Porters in Hospitals. Yep, they're usually employed by a private firm like ISS not by the Hospital.
Richard John yep, the number of services being run by companies is scary.
As an American that has worked at a retail pharmacy, if you are going to have National Healthcare, there are still some parts that it makes sense to privatize. 1. Basic immunizations (flu shots, etc.) that can be given by pharmacists. 2. Hospital food service under the supervision of a nutritionist (to set the menu). 3. Hospital laundry services. All of these could be privatized with an eye towards the best bid (not simply the lowest bid).
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One part of US Healthcare that isn’t talked about frequently is the cost malpractice insurance for both the doctors and the hospitals. Likewise, litigation costs are enthusiastically ignored in the price of new medicines. When we talk about how much healthcare costs, how much of that is going from one insurance company to another or from a patient to multiple insurance companies? US healthcare is an insurance and litigation racket; as authorized by the US Congress.
I'm so proud of our NHS. I used to spend time regularly in the US with work, but was so glad I was in Vancouver when I fell ill, the treatment reminded me of home! We were promised the NHS in 1948 from Cradle to Grave. It is the most wonderful institution. I feel for my friends in the US where Healthcare is not seen as a right. We are not socialized medicine, we pay for it by NIS ( National Insturance Contributions )when we are working or for thirty years. It is not even noticeable, the amount is a few pounds.... those not in work have their NIC paid, it is the very fairest of contributions and as I say is so minimul you don't notice it. I hear people in England, including myself before I was 60 who would complain that we would have to pay a minimum price for our Prescriptions, when over the age of 18 until we are 60... Other parts of the UK don't pay for their prescriptions, but we have the NHS, and to those who want private Health, there are private hospitals, a lot of them now, so there is choice for those who want to pay and not wait. The NHS does use the private hospitals too, and you can buy your own room in some instances and have NHS care. However, our NHS is a wonderful gift, our right and we perhaps can at times take it for granted. I need to use the NHS on a regular basis due to a manageable medical condition, I have no paperwork to fill out, no worries over bills, I just turn up and I know that it is always there for me. I cannot believe that in this day and age a country that calls itself the land of the free overlooks one of the most basic of human rights.
Per the ladies with appendicitis question, my mom had appendicitis and didn’t go to the hospital til it was in serious need of removal immediately bc she thought she was having period cramps.
we use "tummy" because "stomach" is the sack that holds the food, actual terminology would be abdomen, but some patients wouldn't understand that, hence "tummy"
Yup. Scrolled down the comments to write this. Abdomen sounds too technical for some patients and stomach is an anatomical term that isn't our abdomen. And belly is an American tummy. 😁😁
@@vicky__p But stomach has the same meaning as abdomen and tummy as a casual use. If abdomen is too hard then these people are not thinking stomach is inappropriate. People hold their hand in places nowhere near the stomach and say their stomach hurts.
@@pat2562 Yes, agreed for lay people, stomach and abdomen mean the same but docs would baulk at saying stomach when they mean abdomen as stomach has a clear anatomical meaning (whereas tummy doesn't).
I dont think most people are as stupid as you seem to think. Even a child knows what stomach means and if they dont then they have a chance to learn a new word, stop infantalising people.
@@lifeyoushouldtryit I'm saying that docs don't say "pain in your stomach" as this is inaccurate (this is an organ that is in fact almost under your rib cage). And you'd be surprised how many people don't know the word abdomen and would prefer simpler terminology when they are scared and/or in pain.
Ah yes, Charing Cross hospital in Hammersmith, and Hammersmith hospital in East Acton. To complete the trilogy they should consider building an Acton hospital in Charing Cross, really.
it is all a bit confusing
That little exchange between Evan and Dodie was the funniest part of the video to me. Dodie: The names are the same! Evan: No they're not...one is Charing Cross and one is Hammersmith! Dodie (sheepishly): But Charing Cross is IN Hammersmith... Priceless.
Rob Edwards yeah, I was confused enough with bus stops up in Crouch End. Hornsey and Hornsey Police Station. 2 separate stops, thankfully directly after each other. Not that that was too helpful given it was my first hour in London and I was supposed to meet someone at the latter. Just as well they’re not too far apart!
Technically it's actually in Shepherds Bush (which is in H&F) but I agree that it is closer to East Acton than the centre of Hammersmith (compared to Charing Cross)
I was looking to see if someone mentioned it and you did 😂 my mum is a patient at both hospitals so it was confusing at first too
Find someone who will spend six hours... well, let's just say that girl Dodie is a hero.
Judge a society on how it treats it's most vulnrable
judge an internet user on how it treats its* grammar
I know I should’ve used ’’they’’ but I wanted tomake a joke ok? >:(
@@Doctor_Straing_Strange lol
@@Doctor_Straing_Strange stupid comment. Most people here are not native english people. Just appreciate we learn more than 1 language like you apparently
Best quote ever "i'm cured, im jesus. ten minutes later, satan in my belly" lmfao
If this pandemic has shown us anything, it's the British people wholeheartedly love the NHS and no-one will be privatising it.
besides the tories
@@joshbacon1319 The NHS has indeed been privatised already - it may still be paid for out of general taxation (for the moment) but the likes of Branson have been cashing in for years now. The Tories do believe in socialism, but only for the rich.
@Eve Oakley Oh come off it. Blair may have fired a starting pistol, but it was the Tories who dropped the big bomb with Andrew Lansley's Health and Social Care Act re-organisation. This was specifically designed to parcel up the NHS into nice bite size chunks to be flogged off to the highest bidder: then ten years of austerity (£8bn put in, but £22bn squeezed out in so-called 'efficiency savings') designed to make the NHS fail so that private investors could ride in the the "rescue". F*ck the Tories for what they have done to the NHS. They know the price of everything and the value of nothing..
@Eve Oakley Wow, your intelligently-argued response has certainly rocked MY world. Well done! Bye now big-brain
@Eve Oakley Not sure why you're picking on her, but my pet says hi. Have a lovely life...
I just can't imagine paying for healthcare.
Broke my arm in school - walked to the hospital (only 15 min walk from my school). I Sat in A&E for an hour, got the arm placed back, a cast placed, and then sent on my way.
No fuss or anything.
Gotta always remind myself how fortunate I am for the NHS, and can only hope it doesn't;t become any more privatised than it already has been.
My daughter had a burst appendix. NHS saved her life when she got peritonitus from it. The infection had eaten multiple holes into her intestines and bowel too. She had full open surgery where they discovered her appendix had literally exploded inside her. Couldn't even tell where it had been it had been that bad. They cleaned her entire abdomen out and operated to try and save her intestines and bowel too which was thankfully successful. She spent 14 days in hospital while all this was going on and for aftercare. It didn't cost me a thing. I love our NHS they literally saved my daughters life!
Here are the times I laughed out loud
okay Tory
Here’s my piss
not my new laptop
Under pressure
That minute lasted an eternity
Gut swiping left
No one tummy
Spongebob meme
doddleoddle I swear the number of times I laughed throughout this video-
doddleoddle satan in my belly
Ye
Just wanted to say I've made that exact same mistake with Charing Cross Hospital vs Hammersmith Hospital but without the excuse of it being sleep-deprived in the middle of the night. Stupid confusing names! :)
And stinkiest farts ever 😂😂😂
im a girl and ive had appendicitis and i Can confirm that it's similar to a bad bad cramp
I feel that. My cousin nearly died because she didn't go to the hospital with apendicitus because she thought it was just bad period pains
Oh god, my cramps are pretty bad, does this mean that if I get appendicitis I might not recognise it???
My best friend had appendicitis she told me has her mum not got her there in time it could’ve ruptured .
@@mv9895 I've been in a situation where my cramps were so bad my mum (a nurse) thought I could have appendicitus. However unlike most period pains the pain is localised to the lower right side of your abdomen where your apprendix is and responds to pressure. If in doubt though, definitely call 111 or go to A&E. Better safe than sorry!
Oh nooo what if you had it while you were on your period 👀 that’d be so confusing
Britain: "My insides are becoming my outsides, better go to the hospital"
America: "My insides are becoming my outsides, better put up with it at home because visiting the doctor might cost me that home"
"a surround sound system of pain and suffering"
now one of my favourite phrases
When I’m done with you it will be like *a surround sound system of pain and suffering*
I got my appendix removed in canada.... didn't pay a cent! Stayed in the hospital for five days, meals, various antibiotics, etc. SO SO grateful for our healthcare system!
U DID NOT PAY DIRECTLY BUT YOU DO PAY OR SOMEONE ELSE DOES SO ITS NOT FREE. NOTHING IS FREE NOT EVEN AIR!!
Exactly the same situation for me in Scotland, and I get a prescription every week I do not need to pay for too. Health care should be a human right.
Odog Gow payer for in our taxes...like here in Spain....
I got a part of my bowel removed in the UK to be specific in Wales. Stayed 20 days in the hospital with a beautiful care and ton of medications and meals and tea 10 times a day and I did not pay a penny! When I was finally discharged I went home with hundreds of medications and had nurses visiting me at home weekly to check on me! Now every month I get a box with all my stoma supplies sent to my home and also it is all for free.. God bless the NHS.
Odog Gow I think Canadians realize this. Most of us are ok with it🙂
My pet hate is people in A&E who kick off when someone else, who iS CLEARLY in a worse state than them, gets seen before them. What do they expect? I'm sorry, you're stroke will have to wait, this man has been waiting for 45 minutes with a light cough. It's not the fucking queue in Asda people.
It’s like I get your fractured forearm hurts and waiting for 4 hours is unpleasant, but this old lady has just come in with a severe case of sepsis and if you leave her untreated for more than half an hour her chance of death is exponentially higher than yours. People dont get that they are not everything and even a private healthcare system has to have priority cases
I think the issue here is that people think that because they have a light cough they can sort of skip ahead because they will be quick to see to, but they don't realise that the hospitals are understaffed and cant provide a nurse to just give them a once over.
I do think they should apply someone to quickly give these people a once over and send them to the either there GP or chemist in 5-10 minutes.
I think we should employee a system like in Ireland in this case where is a mandatory £100 (euros over there) up front if you go to A&E with out being either, sent by your GP, chemist/doctor, in an ambulance dying, or in a state that would require A&E over any other option.
Because then it forces people to go to the chemist/GP first before A&E.
Depends who's paid into it! I expect to be seen before someone off a council estate on benefits, regardless of how ill they are!
Peter Bentley well then you are a selfish bastard
I think it's because they don't know how the Triage system works...
My 25 year old son screamed out to me in the middle of the night. He could hardly walk for the pain. They put us in one of the little curtained off rooms where you can hear every conversation around you. He had an impacted bowel and after swallowing stuff and things shoved up his you know what, he let loose. The whole floor stank of him, it as loud, it was smelly and he was almost inconsolable at what he'd done to everyone around him. we got out of there in no time. lol He was better in 24 hours.
I once collapsed with a terrible pain in my chest and left arm, was clammy and short of breath. My wife called an ambulance and I spent the night in an oxygen tent. I felt fine in the morning - the doctors told me it was acute indigestion. I was embarrassed and tried to apologise but they told me very firmly it's better to think you're having a heart attack when it's only indigestion than the other way round.
Last year I got a fever, upset stomach and a sharp pain, I couldn’t walk, I called my doctor, they told me to call the emergency service. They asked me if I could travel by myself to the hospital in the emergency section if not they could pick me up, I didn’t thought it was super serious so my husband drove me there.
They checked me, take some blood, ask me some questions, and I was in so much pain they took me to a private room, I spend 4 days in that room as they were kind and thoughtful enough as the other share rooms were mainly male patiences, they pump me up with morphine and some strong painkillers the first 2 days.
I had ultrasounds just to make sure it wasn’t something else, they found out I had a giant ovarian cyst and I might need to get my ovary removed, I had 3 surgeries that day and after 1 day of recovering they sent me home.
Best experience ever, I been only in private hospitals in my country before and in comparison it didn’t felt any different. I’m so glad for the NHS.
I do have to pay for a medical insurance as I’m on a wife visa every 2.5 years but knowing how much it would cost somewhere else I don’t mind having to pay for it.
I guess it just depends if you live in a highly dense populated area.
My dad had to have a colostomy a few years ago in the UK. In the USA a colostomy on average is minimum $30,000. And more major ones can be even more expensive, upwardsof $50,000. and my dad got it for free in the UK. NHS is a life saver.
@@mr.balloffur read his comment again 🙄
Was he staying in the uk or did he come for the operation
Yep that's why in March 2020 we started to clap for the NHS
not for much longer
50,000???? That'll clear out most people no?
Why isn't anybody talking about Dodie and how nice she is for all her help and sticking with Evan?
Dodie is awesome! Especially at 15:14 where you can almost see her eyes watering!
@@Light-Painter I don't think she is. I think they are just friends. But maybe I'm wrong. Who knows
I woke up one morning in incredible pain, sweating and vomiting - went to the local hospital (in Japan) thinking I was dying. Turned out to be kidney stones. Never felt so much pain in my life.
Totally agree on the NHS - it is wonderful.
Can you please explain how your experience of the health system in Japan is an endorsement of the NHS?
@@catinthehat906 No relationship whatsoever, two separate topics, hence the two separate paragraphs.
One was related to his distressing pain in his story and how it was somewhat similar to my own experience.
The other is related to my opinion of the NHS.
But in Japan you would pay 20% of the cost in the uk it’s totally free. I lived in Japan for many years had lots of care in Japan has both my kids in Japan one in Akita and one in Yokohama both cost me a lot of money in the uk it’s only my tax and ni and my nhs surcharge. Japan has better care than the uk but you have to pay for it. The nhs is wonderful though just had a hip replacement here and it was amazing.
@@terryj50 There are two points.
Yes it is true that the patient pays a percentage, with the rest covered by insurance, but if you have a serious illness/injury, and the cost goes over a ceiling level, you can get a full refund. It happened to me after I had a two week stay in hospital, also for my wife who had her gall bladder removed. So you never have to worry about a huge bill.
Second point is that by paying a nominal amount, it keeps the time wasters away with the result that there is virtually zero waiting lists. Example, as a follow up to my kidney stones, the following day I had an MRI to check for anything else.
@@poruatokin too true, I do think that the uk should change for gps as to many people book appointments and never turn up.
Being British, I'm immensely proud to have our NHS, that being said, it is criminally underfunded and the waiting times are ridiculous and I find the automatic first response that they give you of, go home and come back if it gets worst or lasts x amount of days so frustrating as most people have already waited until x amount of days already!
This is just proof of how important the nhs is
Or every state funded healthcare, for that matter. I wouldn't know how I would've paid for regular visits to my GP, neurologist, therapist and endocrinologist, a few hospital visits and some other specialised docs as well as a few meds over the last few years without free healthcare. It gets people to go to the doctor instead of just swallowing the pain and it keeps the cost down somewhat, at least compared to the capitalist health care system in the US where people have to decide between their insulin and something to eat because it's so friggin expensive.
In some places it's "Do eat this week/month, pay rent/the mortgage, or go to the doctor as long as I can get around and do what I need to do every day now?"
The wait times may be bad but its totally better than a lifetime of debt.
or not having much of a lifetime - not afterwards, you can't afford treatment.
True. Also, during busy times, UK hospitals generally (but not always) use a triage system where the more urgent your issue, the faster you are seen. So the people waiting 3-4hrs+ are not bleeding profusely or having a heart attack or unconscious. They're relatively minor injuries and illnesses. Whenever I've gone to A&E, I'm seen by an initial practitioner within the first 30-60 minutes just to gauge how soon I should be treated. Then I go back to the waiting area.
When my boyfriend had appendicitis (in the US) after waiting all night until it was totally unbearably painful, we still had to wait 3 hours to be seen. And another 2 before they said for sure that's what was going on. He was in so much pain he was throwing up in the ER waiting room, but triage is triage no matter where you are and other people needed to be seen first. You can have just as long wait times in the US and still be in debt for a decade.
@Hannah Dyson If they had to wait 15 hours then they didn't have a brain bleed.
Thank you Sir for saying such lovely things about our NHS. You survived a night in AE. Well done!! I have no idea what health insurance is. The US system baffles me.
I think nurses says tummy because it sounds less serious, and it helps calm people down
If you're walking/talking/breathing you most likely going to wait in A&E. I always tell people if they take an interest and you get quick service, start worrying. Really glad you're doing okay.
To everyone in the UK let me tell you how important the NHS is. here in the US I am struggling to even find affordable living. I haven't been in a doctor's office for years not because nothing is wrong with me but because an ambulance ride alone in the US is $2,500. That is what privatizing your healthcare system looks like. Drug prices here are ten times more expensive and with private insurance you will pay almost three times as much as what you do in taxes. There is a reason why 32,000 to 42,000 of my countrymen die every year. I beg you, do not take the NHS for granted. Fight for it because if you don't people will die. That is not an exaggeration.
We will fight tooth and bone for it
I think American people need to protest against your own government for national health service are there any American government really cares about their own people
@@keiga9927 Yet so many Americans continue to vote Republican. I know they're brainwashed and it's not their own fault, but still .....
@@keiga9927 the President Elect is going to try and get free healthcare, but Obama tried for 8 years and the shitasses in Congress decided fuck that.
I miss the NHS. Italy has a very good healthcare system, but the departments talk to each other with the NHS. Here I have to book important appointments myself on the phone instead of the doctor organising it. I've never appreciated the NHS more...
“Satan in ma belly!”
~Even Edinger,2019
EVEN?
EVEN I forgot how to spell it! You get it?!? Okay I’m sorry that was awful bye.....
why did that sound like michael myers in my head
@@evan How odd.
Just for the info. I pay in Germany 540€ each month for health care.
I’m sorry what? Is that private health insurance? In Australia it’s just 2% of your annual income, so for it to be 540€($850 aud). You would have to be earning $500,000 aud or 315,420.00€
That’s a bit complicated, so I’ll add some context (I lived in Germany for a while and had to sort this out as a self-employed person, which complicates things further) - firstly there’s two choices, private and public. Most normal employees actually don’t have a choice and are forcibly rolled into the public system, which is calculated as a percentage of your income, but half of it is covered by your employer. If you’re self-employed you can choose this, but have to pay all of it, which iirc works out to around 15%, but with a caveat: above a certain income (back then it was a little under 4,500€/month) it actually doesn’t rise any further. If you’re self-employed, or in a specific condition as an employee of the state, or earn above that income line, you get to choose (or in the case of working for the state are forced to, but with part paid by the state) private insurance, which sort of works like insurance in the US in that there’s a monthly payment and usually a yearly maximum out of pocket amount. This private option is still heavily regulated, and usually you have to pay all of it yourself (except in the state employee case, but that’s going a bit far here because technically only part of your insurance is provided by a private company in that case), but for a young, healthy person it can actually be cheaper, with the caveat your family isn’t covered without paying extra, and it may well get considerably more expensive as you get older.
@@jonasdatlas4668 or maybe he counts all social security together? It's possible That's what many Europeans do, not realizing that it includes pensions and other social insurance payments. I don't know if that's his case but it's possible.
Yes I am self employed, so there is no state pension for me. If I want I can pay extra for private pension on the top. But the 540€ is for health care only. ( krankenkasse ) And yes it is privat, because as self employed person I have no chace to get to the public insurance.
@@thymark you... do though. It's more expensive, iirc it's called "freiwillige gesetzliche Krankenversicherung", and it means you pay the full 15 or so percent, but it's totally an option for basically all self employed people, as I recall.
The amount of times people have asked me for pain relief and I never get a chance to get back to them is ridiculous. Just side note, we can't just give out drugs, they have to be prescribed by a doctor even if it's just something as stupid as parcetamol so if the doctor is busy/forgets/can't be bothered in the case of many a grumpy consultant there's nothing I can do. Very sorry on behalf of the NHS. It is really refreshing to see some appreciate the NHS though :)
It's nice to hear an American who doesn't think that socialised medicine is some kind of pure evil! 🙂
Only brainwashed people think that way.
Crystal Henry Oh, I assure you they do. Other than one letter, the term ‘socialised’ medicine has almost got the word ‘socialist’ in it. I know plenty of Americans (Most of who would actually benefit from socialised medicine) who think the concept of socialism IS pure evil.
@@DM-it1qf We live in an age where a serially failed businessman who is also a TV reality show host has somehow managed to convince people that he is the guy that should be entrusted with the nuclear codes. That's a whole half of a huge country right there that consists entirely of brainwashed people.
Most of us want it.
i just found out its an average 10k for babys to be born in america FUK THAT
The NHS is the best ever, they all work so hard. Yet people still feel it necessary to abuse the doctors and nurses.
Danny 204 very true
True that although as a frequent flyer I’ve been around a few perverted drs one was arrested about 18m ago, then there was the angel of death killing old people, yet so nice to me, and I’ve suffered medical negligence more than 3 times, but the NHS still works, every time they make a mistake procedure is updated and it doesn’t happen to anyone else xx
My mum is a nurse, she gets spat at and swore at and beat by the patients but isn’t aloud to do anything about it. It really sucks 😔
@@jessbatchelor685 she can get security. there are signs everywhere stating about abuse towards staff will get the police involved... also, of course she cant do anything back? what message would that send, im here to help you, if you throw it back in my face i can throw the same abuse back. how mature
@@MsJenn1985 You met Shipman??
0:48 while describing your illness, you have also given me the perfect way to explain period pains to my male friends who are very sweet and very curious
I feel so incredibly lucky for our free healthcare in the UK, hits home hard and is so humbling to see how many struggle without free healthcare.
It's gotta be said: how sweet is Dodie for taking Evan to the hospital!?
Yeah they’re actually good friends they used to live together
Definitely deserves a Good Friend Medal :D
Even more proof, if it was needed, that Dodie is the sweetest loveliest soul you could hope to meet
And she stayed with him for hours omg
Dan Lyle YES !
Dodie is super sweet ! It made me feel comforted knowing Evan had his friend take him to hospital and sit with him all that time.
Reminded me of my mum taking me to hospital when I had appendicitis but my mum went in the ambulance with me thru heavy snow (West Sussex, Southeast England, UK), from my GP surgery.
Tho I was 12 at the time, but it does remind me of January 2013 a lot.
My mate when i was 15 had his appendix burst while doing a 10km race at school. He had 1km to go still and decided to finish it even with the unbelievable pain. He got taken in an ambulance immediately and then went straight into surgery to have it removed as fast as possible. If he'd been in that state for 10 more minutes he could've died but thanks to the NHS there was no delay and he was ok. They are a great asset to this country and need to be supported.
Niam Patel
So British, still finished the race.
I think this bloke had trapped wind.
That's how free health care should work; those in more urgent need should be taken care of first. Human rights above money. - It's sad to see people who live under free health care to complain about that. Obviously complaining that it's underfunded and understaffed is perfectly fine. But complaining at the staff, and that someone in urgent care has priority, that's just wrong. It's also more wrong to say health is not a human right.
This was funny!!!! But serious too!!!
Found myself laughing out loud.
More money in to the NHS!!!!!! Yes!!!
We ❤️ the NHS xxx
Interesting story, Evan. For comparison, here's what happened to me in the US just last week. I live in a small rural town in South Carolina. We don't have a hospital, but do have an emergency room associated with a nearby city. I couldn't eat or go to the bathroom for four days, and once it was clear that I was dehydrated (pinched the skin and it didn't bounce back), I went to the E.R. They took an X-ray within the hour, and immediately put me on an ambulance to Spartanburg. When I got there, I got another (high contrast) X-ray with a barium enema. Now, the enema did clear my bowels and I thought everything was great, but about five minutes later a surgeon shows up to tell me I have to be prepped for the operating room. I was told I'd have to have a "bag". I say, "fine, what's a bag?" and he explained that it was a colostomy bag... that I had cancer. My colon looked like someone had made balloon animals out of it. A few hours later and I wake up from surgery. No bag. It turns out it was worse than they thought, so it was simpler to fix. They took out a foot and a half of colon and just reconnected what was left. I have a little loop of gut on my right side now. This was a radical resection, so they took quite a bit of surrounding tissue. It had to be followed up with a PET scan, and I start 6 months of chemotherapy in 2 weeks. At this moment I have a huge scar from my solar plexus to well below my navel. I'm also a contractor... no insurance. Despite that, I was never delayed, never held up, never sent home to "see how it goes", and never refused service. The hospital KNOWS I don't have insurance and can't pay, and I'm still getting chemo. People constantly tell me that you cannot get care in the US without private insurance or crippling debt, and my own experience is that this simply isn't true. In the time it took you to get sent home with a "we don't know", I had already had major surgery. In every emergency room here there is a sign stating "It's the Law"... you can't be denied care for inability to pay.
That said, the hospital will try to collect if they can, and they will be more than happy to accept what you can pay. But they will write off the rest. I'm without insurance right now because I was laid off due to personnel cutbacks due to COVID, but spent the previous 12 years paying into an insurance plan without ever having had a health problem to collect on it. So for those Americans who perhaps think that I'm abusing the system right now... you're welcome for the $93,600 I paid into the system over those 12 years with no benefit to myself.
I have a few things to say about this. First, I'm pleased you were treated and have recovered. Secondly, I can tell that you are a white person. Thirdly, the hospital will ruin your credit status for not paying them. That creates a miriad of problems, can be denied rental contracts, job situations, bank loans, etc. . The US "medical healthcare system is only about profit. It is inhumane and barbaric. Many people end up on the streets because of medical debt. A civilized society does not allowed this to happen.
"It's like a surround sound system of pain and suffering"
*story of my life*
- definition of my brain with anxiety
Evan Edinger Omg same lol hope u feel better
You’re right, it’s not a political issue, it’s a human one. The NHS is our only true national treasure
@The Joker and Patrick Stewart!
And Tunnocks!
@@Asfixiator7 Tea cakes or caramels? :)
Why does the NHS rank, according to the WHO, as below Portugal, Spain, France, Greece etc. In fact the NHS ranks 18th, which includes some countries that spend far less per person than the UK. Why are cancer survival rates much better in other countries, including the USA? Free at the point of delivery healthcare isn't much good if the treatment outcomes are poor. Admittedly the NHS isn't as bad as UK education, however if your child has leukaemia in the UK they are more likely to die than elsewhere, the question then is how do we make it better and keep it free at the point of delivery? More money, probably, but that is not the whole story.
@@no.9173 tunnocks carmels
The NHS are amazing, I’ll admit that it’s frustrating waiting for so long, however when I’m out of the situation I can see the job they do is amazing. They save so many lives and in my opinion don’t receive enough credit and are definitely not paid enough for the job they do.
'It'll all be gone in the morning,' that's when you realize this is 21 minutes long.
"ill get you some pain meds" "they never came back"
EVERY. DAMN. TIME.
lanebreakerRBH they usually get transferred to somewhere else I think
As long as you are not bleeding on the floor, you're ok to wait. Only time I got seen quicker at A&E (only approx a 40 min wait) when my cut open hand when I was 14 and I was struggling to keep the pressure on the wound and blood started to hit the floor. I was seen quickly by a nurse just to patch me up a bit before about another 2 hour wait when I was stitched up. Injection directly in the wound is still one of the worst pains I have ever had but I am still grateful for being seen by the end of the day (and missing French at school)
I was laughing so hard, the number of times I've finished a shift and thought crap I forgot to make bed blah a cuppa tea. Never forgot to give pills thou
That must be a common recurrent theme on all public health systems when you are on ER. Everyone says "oh, yeah you should..." but is all instantly forgotten.
@@framegrace1 Ever been to Great Britain?
Just asking...
2019 NHS hospital: This unacceptable and unfair, I have to wait
1949 NHS hospital: This is amazing free health care, I get to live past 50!
If Americans weren't trained to think "socialisim is evil" and "taxes are theft AND evil" and "I shouldn't have to help people without the ability to say no on a case by case basis, especially if I'm rich or religious", we might think like the English of 1949. As it is, literally half the US population would most likely have to drop dead at once for the US to get anything close to a national healthcare system.
That is so true. My aunt, long passed away, was profoundly deaf because she had abscesses in her ears as a small child in the 1920s. The medical system wouldn't treat her and save her hearing because there was no money in the family to pay them.
My father volunteered to join the airforce in 1939, just after he was married, for most of the next six years, my mother didn't even know if he was still alive.
It was the sense that the citizens had suffered so much that was the catalyst for the NHS immediately after 1945. It was morally repugnant that children should be irreparably damaged because their parents couldn't afford treatment; the NHS was a stake in the ground for the British after WWII, that some human rights, such as the right to live a full, healthy, life are beyond price.
actually 70 years ago when the NHS was first thought of it got the same reaction from the public as Americans "i'm not paying for their health care" we did it anyway and now it is the thing i am most proud of in Britain
@@TheAlmostace Well good luck funding BS
EdibleBubble Christ....thanks for showing how stupid you are!
dodie is such a good friend. She went to great lengths to make sure you’re OK. ❤️
Stomach is the organ inside, tummy is the general area outside, is why they said touch your tummy. They can’t actually touch your stomach, it’s an organ inside your body
You know whats the saddest part to me...the idea of Americans Googling to find out the cost of medical treatment's out of necessity :(
I know, I just can't imagine. I'm in hospital right now, badly broke my leg in 3 places and both heels, I needed 3 plates with a rod screwed in place in my leg as well as a huge cut to relive the pressure and then a skin graft, so that was done over 2 operations. On top of that I needed IV antibiotics for 5 days twice a day, a vaccume pump to help my skin graft take hold, a blood transfusion and of course my xrays (as well as 3 meals a day, a catheter bag, coffee and biscuits around 3 times a day, extra pain relief when I need it, I can buzz the nurses if I need any help since I'm still on bed rest but even if I wasn't I could buzz the nurses-I try not to though unless I really need help since I know how busy they are and I get medication 4 times a day). I dread to think what all this would ha e cost me if I were in America even with health insurance, especially since I have epilepsy and I just know they would try and wriggle out of paying somehow although it had nothing to do with my injury. I can't help but think if I were in America I'd have left the hospital by now because of the money I'd potentially have to pay which means I'd have left far earlier than I should
@@teethgrinder83 Hope you feel better soon, mate.
@@Sophie.S.. thanks! Managed to hope about a little bit on crutches with the physiotherapists earlier so I'm getting there slowly but surely lol
@@teethgrinder83 Glad to hear it. Make sure you do what the physio's say. They can be brutal, but they know what they're doing, lol. All the best.
@@Sophie.S.. haha your not joking about them being brutal! But your right, they know what their doing and the sooner I'm out the better lol thanks!
The nearest thing an Englishman has to a religion is the NHS.
Appropriately so, since it's an organisation with the sole purpose of helping people. And actually do so too.
How wonderful it would be if everyone found a religion like that.
It is my god - if it dies so do I
@Alan Mawson it's you that are the brainwashed one. If you are seriously suggesting that the Tories don't want to dismantle the NHS into the clutches of private companies, then you must have been in a coma for the past few decades. And as an NHS trade unionist with 30 years experience working in the NHS and fighting against those attempts, I have to say that yours is the most naive and imbecilic comment I've read in a long LONG time.
@@fulalbatross The trouble is one person's opinion of what helping someone is is different to another's.
Do you give a man a fish or do you teach him to fish... or do you give him a tent to keep the rain off?
If you give him a tent but he's hungry now, he won't think you're helping... not till it's pissing it down with rain.
@@sergarlantyrell7847 Mmm, and that's just the kind of uncompehensible argument one would expect from someone thinking human health is a fishing trip.
"As my gut began swiping left on my nervous system"
As an American, I was most impressed with the 111 phone line forwarding registration info ahead to the hospital to move things along when you actually arrived. In the US going from one provider to another be it a medical office or hospital you are starting from scratch each time it gets very redundant and slows things down.
"I had an IV bag in me... and it cost nothing." says an incredulous American and I am thinking: "Yeah, that's what you get in any country with socialized medicine..."
The USA is effed up.
Well if Trump didn't undo Obamacare we would be very close to the nhs. It needed a lot of tweaking, but that was due to the changes they made to his original bill. I am lucky to live in Massachusetts Which the entire system was based on. Ironically put in place by then GOP Governor mitt Romney. When he ran For president they made him change his tune and he was against universal health care. Hopefully, when Biden gets in, we can get back on track towards this!
effed up? nah, they do it intentionally to sap as much money outta the ppl that they can.... you know, that deficit with the 12 zero's on it.. America's going to hell in a handbasket, they fund they're military MORE then they're education systems lol.... so people will get dumber and dumber, wont complain, and work till they're dead.
how's that for ya, a whole country full of sheep, and 1 guy leading the whole thing..... what Trump wants.....
@Pixelated Cheese Gaming A year? lol. Try using your critical thinking skills to find the facts. You've been brain washed.
@@ellenw391 unfortunately blm and the rest of that have most likely given trump another 4 years
The NHS is paid for by us as thats what we pay our NI contributions for , its deducted from our pay automatic , seprate from income tax
i love that he defends the nhs like this they have there problems but the whole service is amazing they saved my life after a serious brain injury and helped with the recovery for months i just can’t stand when people complain about it im like ‘I WOULDNT BE HERE WITHOUT THEM’
Hermione Rivers glad you recovered. I 100% agree with you I don’t know why people think nhs is all bad
The problem is poor funding and being public. There is less staff and equipment to deal with all of the patients that wait in A&E. I respect them however I resent that my nan was incorrectly treated and died because they told her she had cancer then she died from treatment.. 🤧😪💙
I don't know why some people complain when it's free. I'm grateful for the NHS.
Hermione Rivers me too 👍
Boris isn’t going to privatise it! No political party will mess with it - they all believe in it.... and the Conservatives have funded it better than Labour in many years
I have nothing but love and admiration for the NHS. Last year I developed a bit of a serious medical condition. I was seen by a doctor within two hours of my first phoning 111. I was attended to by numerous nurses, doctors and specialists during the following few weeks and had many tests and procedures done, such as an endoscopy, a CT scan, an Ultrasound scan. and other bits of prodding and probing various parts of my body. All the staff, on all occasions were cool, calm and very reassuring.
Nothing cures disease and sickness like having to wait in an nhs waiting room, couple of hours of that and you feel like any pain is better than staying.
“This whole ordeal left me incredibly hydrated” 😂 oh my god
The reason the doctors say tummy is because it’s referring to the entire abdominal area so there’s no confusion with the actual stomach :)
DreamGirl to regular lay people it’s easier to remove the confusion and just say tummy 👍🏻
@DreamGirl tummy >>> abdomen
Last year during covid my appendix burst. The NHS took AMAZING care of me. Had my appendix removed and the surgeon said I was an hour away from possible death. NHS saved my life. I had to stay in the hospital for about 8 days. When I got home, for a further week, nurses attended me at home to administer IV antibiotics. Unbelievable care. I am so grateful. I'm American too. I've been living in UK for decades (English husband). Again, after all this excellent care, I had nothing to pay. I realize my taxes are quite high but it's so worth it!
I’m also extremely than for the nhs-I’m heavily reliant on my feeding tube to stay alive and without the nhs I’d need to be able to afford over a grand every month on my tube feed formula (I can’t use blended food, I feed directly into my internet and don’t absorb the nutrients in blended food). Many insurances don’t cover thee cost of the feed formula, only the tubing, pump and syringes etc and so many of my American friends need to use gofundme to afford to stay alive.
Thanks to the nhs I get the costs of all of my tube feed formula (and all the other tube stuff) given to me for free. So I’ve had 6 years of life that I likely wouldn’t have had if I lived in America, so I’m extremely thankful and grateful for the nhs 💕
the “hi i’m elle mills” was so aggressive it made me jump
I heard this story that this person had cancer in the US and she had to stop their chemotherapy half way through because they couldn’t afford it. This makes my heart break, I’m so glad I live in the UK.
Not everyone will stop it just because of the expense, but yes, that has happened. You just end up. eventually, stopping caring about the money because you know you can't live long enough to pay it back, short of winning a lot of money, which winning money isn't tax free in the US, BTW. You just try to stay live, even knowing things like, if you had any credit to begin with, it's permanently ruined and you will most likely have to declare bankruptcy.
Ginger Ninja I’ve had cancer the nhs saved my life there wonderful caring there the best 👍👍
Ginger Ninja - yep- that is a very true reality here
I’m British but don’t live there I was visiting and had to go into the ER I’m used to going to Private Hospitals I’ve lived in 3rd World countries so I’ve experienced bad hospitals too.
I was absolutely ashamed to be British when I went into the ER in Central London I was seen by a nurse and I sat for 6 hours with gall stones and I sat next to a poor man that had his throat slashed luckily not too bad but the guy was in shock as he had been mugged so I chatted to him to give him comfort.
What disgusted me was the ER was full of drunks actually ordering takeaway food to be delivered. I have never seen such utter disrespect.
I feel for the overstretched staff the dump they have to work in and the trash that turn up because it’s utterly free to them so they can waste the Doctor’s and Nurses time because they cannot be arsed to wait to see their GP.
Seriously the NHS is in the toilet my husband needed an emergency operation last year and our insurance offered for us to go back to England luckily for us he was able to go to Switzerland. I’m sorry but the Health Service I grew up with is gone the service they can give is piss poor you take your life in your hands waiting hours to be seen.
They are so understaffed like 50,000 all over the UK and this has been made worse by Brexit and it will get worse. I feel sorry for Brits that rely on this sub standard service that’s been ruined by Labour and Conservatives throughout the years.
Most of all I feel terribly sorry for NHS Staff they work in appalling circumstances dealing with societies crap
im british, but used to date an american girl. Her dad worked in construction, he got into an accident with a table saw and lost two of his fingers. He had to decide which one he wanted put back on, because he couldnt afford to have both put back as it was way out of his savings range..
Love your posts & haven't seen this before. Glad that both you & your hair have calmed down over the years ;)
I enjoyed this so much. Glad you're better. You're hilarious.
Thank
“ I was bending over in pain! If It wasn’t appendicitis what was it ?!!”
Me: My god, the first man to experience period pain
Lol. Can you imagine if men had to put up with that, the world would stop.
@@icebergrose8955 No.
@@Blaidd_1401 what you do on a Friday night is your own business.
It sounds like a kidney stone
@@Blaidd_1401 thing is, when you get kicked in the balls its usually because you were being a dick and it doesnt last a week, also doesnt come back every month for about 30 years....
So you cant say being kicked in the balls is the same
I had to take my friend to A&E and she ended up having a blood test for the first time. The doctor tried to do it, couldn't get any blood out, straight up looked at my friend and said "do you wanna know the truth? You've got shit vains love" and we WET ourselves 😂😂😂
Hahahahahaha
I've got bulging veins
Amazing hahahahaha
I imagined something like "Are you a vampire?"
My friend suffered from iron deficiency ect. And she told me they took about 7 different blood tests and when the nurse did it her hand slipped and the needle came out and blood just leaked down her arm. Then the nurse didnt even clean it she just continued stabbing her veins.
That section were he goes from showing that video at the hospital on his phone and then jumping to that exact video was so cool
Sounds like you had trapped wind, it’s a lot more painful than people think
I don't understand why Americans have to pay money to stay alive and well.
@@greyghost4609 yeah but that's included with everything else we pay for so you won't just have a giant medical bill after a surgery for example because it's payed in tax
GreyGhost yes, but you are helping EVERYONE not just yourself. you also don’t get massive shocks of bills like if you’re pregnant or need an abortion you would be paying multiple grand either way. with taxes you pay a small amount every month and it builds up to equal that in the long run so the doctors and nurses can get paid well and you and others can get the help you need
@@katieisageek1964 *paid
Same
GreyGhost You pay more overall in bills and insurance, which doesn’t actually cover all of the medical bills. In the U.K. you only pay taxes for whatever you earn, so a poor woman won’t die if she’s unable to afford chemo despite not having paid that entire bill in taxes, and a middle class person pays, through their life, less than Americans pay for their insurance and can see a doctor whenever they need to/ get free medicine. I’d rather pay for someone else’s emergency surgery, or pain medication, with a tiny amount of a wage (if I even earn enough) and be able to rely on doctors than pay huge sums of money for average care and know that others may due from being poor. Not to mention the incredible price hiking in private healthcare, because people will pay anything to not die.
I can remember when Claire Rayner (a former nurse and agony aunt) died, she had apparently said on her death bed ' You tell David Cameron ( PM at the time) if he destroys my beloved NHS I'll be back to f*** ing haunt him'
David Cameron was commited to the NHS because of the way it had cared for his disabled child. No sensible person in their right mind could have believed he would have destroyed it.
@@peterjackson4763 I quite agree. The swine Blair privatised more of the NHS than any other PM and far more than Thatcher and Major combined.
Blair was right-wing though... the fact that he wore a red tie is neither here nor there! It really ain't about right and left... it's about right and wrong. Unless anyone here feels that *[insert party here]* is full of fine, honourable, trustworthy folk who have the publics best interest at heart XD
@@garychap8384 we are talking politicians here, I'd say at least 635 of our MPs only one one persons interest in mind - their own.
Come back Claire, eh?
It's the same here in Finland. I was in hospital almost a week due to typhoid fever. Had multiple specialists examing, tests, food, pain medication, own room etc. All for free. I have never been happier to pay taxes.
HAHAHAH the Hammersmith Charing Cross confusion happens ALL the time 😂😂😭
It’s good to see someone being so grateful and appreciative of the nhs. I feel like all we hear anymore is people complaining about wait times, the shortage or doctors and nurses, how much it’s costing a year etc. And people forget to really think about what the nhs does for us and what regular people like me would do without it
Kate Same thing we get in Canada. People complain but they would be a lot worse off in other countries or be paying large bills for insurance plus a deductible. If you live in a poor country and can go to a private hospital of course you will get better service. Most of the country can’t afford to go there plus the salaries and drug costs are much lower.
B Better than having no care though. There unfortunate examples all over the world as well. Agree there is a lot of room for improvement but also think they deal with a lot and the population could save the nhs a lot of money by reducing smoking, drinking, obesity, etc. That alone could help save a lot of money.
Honestly, some of the people I've seen be most appreciative of our NHS are the people from countries like the US with private costly healthcare. I can't imagine what it's like being used to that system, with stories of massive bills that bankrupt people and make people avoid seeing doctors, to coming here and leaving the hospital after treatment having paid absolutely nothing for that care.
People in the US are so ingrained to think that "socialism is evil" and "taxes are theft AND evil" that when you combine that idea with people in places like the UK criticizing it, it makes it that much less likely for the US to ever have a chance in Hell of getting anything like the NHS.
I had a friend that used to phone a Dr's home visit to just get paracetamol.
hearing an american say "alright tory" brings me a special kind of joy
stan bts is it the UK version of “ok boomer” or “ok Karen”??
Inami pretty much, yeah
stan bts “alright Tory” is the greatest thing ever
@@Inamichan it's a politician party
That's a pretty girl in your pfp
I've never had to wait that long for the doctors 😂
i think what we all can say is Evan is quite unique, funny and im glad hes safe from whatever happened. Our NHS well in a class of its own.
My mum had severe stomach ache, she went to the doctors and they told her she was fine, and to go back home, then the next day she was in EXCRUCIATING pain and called 111 and they sent her an ambulance immediately. Turns out her appendix had blown and she quickly had surgery to remove it. Turns out if she waited any longer she probably would have died.
She was told that she could sue the NHS for sending her home in the first place, and she would have got A LOT of money, but she decided not to because they have saved her life and her loved one’s lives on so many occasions. She’s had pneumonia a few times, appendicitis, and loads of other things too. Multiple people in her family had cancer, there was problems with me, and all of this was completely free.
The NHS is nowhere near perfect, but it is the best thing about this country and we must protect it at all costs.
Nothing is ever perfect but god the NHS is the best thing in the UK
alexthegrape1000 ur mum sounds like a really nice person. Xx
evan: nhs
me, a stupid person: ah the national honors society
Hahahaha yes! I thought this for a while after I moved too
Shhh, don’t tell the Americans it’s acc the national healthcare service.
Lauren Williams That was the joke
Don’t tell the Americans what it means it deffo means new horses sew
@@renannaw it's just National Health Service
LOL an NHS Minute is NEVER a minute.
That, together with your previous episode, makes me think kidney stones. I had one, and did not feel the colics in the small of my back, but in the general stomach area.