QLD, a Banana state?

[Chucaro]

I cannot believe it, I just wonedr if I get it wrong with my spanglish
The head lines :
"6 cups a day keeps the doctor awake"

The link is HERE

Going to Hospital will be a new adventure for us the Qld residents

[Chucaro]

NM. something have to give! Doctors are going to finish with mental problems and people have to realize that the Dr needs the support of the community!
This is not a Dr problem is far more than that.
I just wonder how the Doctors in the remote towns are coping with this situation

[klappers]

NM. something have to give! Doctors are going to finish with mental problems and people have to realize that the Dr needs the support of the community!
This is not a Dr problem is far more than that.
I just wonder how the Doctors in the remote towns are coping with this situation

They arent... one remote doctor worked 6 months straight because there was no one to relieve them

[juddy]

They may think they have it mad here, but thats nothing compaired to working for the NHS in the UK.

It's true. Doctors in the Qld public health system work ridiculously long hours. It is not uncommon for me to see the day teams who knock off at 4.30pm still at work at 8pm and later doing paperwork like discharge summaries. They often don't even get a break to eat a meal.

Where I work there are 60 medical beds with 4 teams consisting of a consultant, a registrar and a resident medical officer to cover the 60 beds. On weekends those 60 beds are covered by a registrar and a resident.....and they do an 8am to 10.30pm shift before being relieved. The literally are run off their feet!!

[Chops]

It amazes me to think that we dont have anywhere enough doctors to help us when we are in need,,, every day you hear people complain because they had to wait hours in emergency rooms before being attended to,, discusting really,,

And they knock back people like the German specialist from coming into the country because he has an autistic son,,,

But their quite happy to let in all the free loaders who just rock up to a surgery to get a certificate to say they were sick so they can get paid for it,,, when the truth is, they just couldn't be bothered going to work in the first place,,

And now they want them to effectively take drugs to stay awake,,,

[BigJon]

I saw that article too.

It is a disgrace that an employer would suggest taking drugs to an employee to keep them awake.

If a trucking company was exposed in the media for telling its drivers to take speed to stay awake there would be hell to pay.

[Hoges]

Some (relevant) trivia: Back last century...in the late 50's, the UN international treaty (Vienna Convention) on legitimate manufacture and supply narcotic and psychtropic drugs was implemented. One of the many reasons given for restricting narcotics was the growing incidence of abuse within the medical profession at the time True.

then we come to the mid 80's with the rush to put inplace national Occ Health and safety legislation tyo make workplaces SAFER (the unions had a big thing then about rostering and health effects)... and later we see traffic law enforcement cracking down on "driving when you're tired"

soooooo our brilliant bureaucrats here in Banana land have a new policy: work the doctors harder, suggest they abuse caffeine (remember the australian olympic Fencing champion who was scuttled by dug tests for drinking umpteen cups of coffee///) and let them loose on patients while chronically sleep deprived...

coffee anyone?

end of rant rant rant....

[Chucaro]

We should make it compulsory to have 2 mugs of coffee before post in this thread

[BigJon]

But I don't drink coffee...

[Chops]

We should make it compulsory to have 2 mugs of coffee before post in this thread

Already done,, at between 8-12 cups a day,, im covered,,