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Originally Posted by polly
On most Saturday nights in Blackburn town centre (and I guess most other towns around the country) you can see ambulances collecting people who are clearly drunk out of their skulls.
As this is a purely self inflicted complaint why should our ambulances be so deployed and yet a pregnant woman has to use a taxi
I really do believe it is time we questioned how we spend public money
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I remember the good old days of Friday/Saturday nights in A&E, with the Ambulance crews bringing in drunks who see Ambulances as free taxis. These so-called patients used to receive
very special treatment in A&E.
It's a pity that the days of special treatments are gone, unfortunately though, the Ambulances are still abused by these people.
It's funny but I have a mate who works in Brisbane. Pregnant women make their own way to hospital there unless it is an emergency. Some of them live 200 miles away, as many large hospitals are regional rather than local (a bit like what our government is trying to do to us)
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As said earlier, women have several months to prepare for labour, whether they are with a partner or not. They are given money towards the cost of having their baby with the Surestart Grant. They have no excuse for misusing Ambulance services when they receive this money which will more than adequately cover the cost of transport.
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