Hi Lennart, >> After an hour-long wait in a treatment room, he lost patience and proceeded >> to sew up his own wound.
> Can't wait! It'll be just like home. And this will differ from our current emergency rooms how? -- Ernie P. On Aug 3, 2010, at 10:55 AM, Lennart Johansson wrote: > http://www.thelocal.se/28150/20100803 > > A 32-year-old took the needle into his hands when he tired of the wait at > Sundsvall hospital in northern Sweden and sewed up the cut in his leg > himself. The man was later reported to the police for his impromptu handiwork. > > "It took such a long time," the man told the local Sundsvall Tidning daily. > > The man incurred the deep cut when he sliced his leg on the sharp edge of a > kitchen stove while he was renovating at home. > > "I first went to the health clinic, but it was closed. So I rang the medical > help line and they told me that it shouldn't be closed, so I went to > emergency and sat there," the man named only as Jonas told the newspaper. > > After an hour-long wait in a treatment room, he lost patience and proceeded > to sew up his own wound. > > "They had set out a needle and thread and so I decided to take the matter > into my hands," he said. > > But hospital staff were not as impressed by his initiative and have reported > the man on suspicion of arbitrary conduct for having used hospital equipment > without authorization. > > While Jonas admitted to the newspaper that he has no prior experience of > sewing up himself he sought to play down the fuss that his handiwork has > caused, arguing that "through the ages people have always sewn themselves up". > > END QUOTE > > Can't wait! It'll be just like home. > > // Lennart > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
