Accident & Emergency

Track of the day Them There Eyes - The Rhythm Boys.



Mrs B came home yesterday, complaining that she could see something like a net curtain or a cloud of smoke in front of her left eye. It had come on suddenly in the morning when she first saw nothing at all, then a black ring and then black flecks. I couldn't believe that she hadn't gone straight to the eye hospital but she thought it was something temporary and that it would go away. It didn't and this morning we went up to the Eye Hospital's accident and emergency unit.

We went up there and they sent her away with a less than helpful, "If you can see anything at all with your eye then you are not an emergency case. Come back if you lose the sight in that eye." She wasn't examined.

Mrs B. phoned the optician and the Opthamologist there examined her eye. Some of the gel around the retina had broken away. Not a torn retina or a detached retina but it could have been and could still develop into that. He was surprised that the Eye Infirmary hadn't examined her. I'm not surprised, I'm disgusted.

This Is England

Commenting on a complaint from a Mr. Arthur Purdey about a large gas bill, a spokesman for North West Gas said, "We agree it was rather high for the time of year. It's possible Mr. Purdey has been charged for the gas used up during the explosion that destroyed his house." (The Daily Telegraph)

He should phone NHS Direct on 0845 4647. I don't need to phone. I was an accident - according to Pa.