What the heck is going on!

[Bluepete]

Mans sues Hospital for saving his lafe after attempting to commit suicide

Then he complains;

"There are not many people who come out of hospital worse than when they went in."

"I cannot even cuddle my wife with my right hand now. I'm still able to drive but I have a job putting the keys in the ignition. I can't dry glasses or cook dinners. I used to love gardening but I don't do that now."

You came out alive mate! Is your wife a ghost? Did you intent cuddling her from beyond the grave? And do I really want a suicidal man with a withered arm driving a car in the city I ride my bike in?

Honestly!

And yes, I realise the staff gave him too much medicine, but........... gah! I dispair!

And breathe.....

Shoot him.

WTF? What an ungrateful eejit. Bet his wife is happy he's still with her, I think a useless arm would be the least of her worries!

I cannot even cuddle my wife with my right hand now.

That's just for the sympathy vote, you can still give someone a hug with one arm, what a load of tosh. I certainly have no sympathy for him, harsh perhaps but life is not something you should just throw away on a whim, let alone stab the people in the back who were just doing their job...admittedly not terribly well if they gave him too large a dose....

I'm thinking his wife wasn't in on the suicide attempt, otherwise he wouldn't have been rushed to a&e and just left to die peacefully with her by his side. I suppose things are not that simple these days, she'd probably be had up for murder then Obviously having not been given all the information, I;m just assuming, but seems a bit of an odd state of affairs!

[timwilky]

Mate who is a paramedic often complains about the pill takers.

Why have you called us out?
because I have taken an overdose
Why did you do that?
because I want to die
So tell me again why did you call us out?
Because I have taken a bloody overdose. are you thick or something.



I have had one friend top himself, he was a doctor and took 10 times the lethal dose to make sure. on top of a bottle of vodka


The daughter who works at the local A&E tells me they get playing a suicide in weekly. If they want to do it, they can make sure they cannot be saved. This one suing because he survived beggars belief.

Originally Posted by timwilky

If they want to do it, they can make sure they cannot be saved. This one suing because he survived beggars belief.

Exactly, perhaps he just bottled it. Like the NHS can £90,000 to give away away anyway! And even if they can, how many operations that people who want to live may need, it makes you think. Selfish selfish man.

Originally Posted by timwilky

I have had one friend top himself, he was a doctor and took 10 times the lethal dose to make sure. on top of a bottle of vodka

Water is more effective.

Have a friend who tried to do the same, and the fact he downed vodka and not water actually saved his life.

Thankfully his life is good now and he's ok

[Biker Biggles]

Totally alien concept in law,but its clearly about time we rediscovered the difference between those who deserve compensation and those who dont.
It seems odd that you can sue someone else for negligence when that negligence was entirely dependant(but not caused) on your own stupidity in the first place.

A similar one would be the case of the jumper who failed to get killed by the tube train but tries to sue for subsequent burns when rail staff are too slow to get the power turned off.
Its a mad old world.

If this wasn't an attempted suicide case then nobody would pass comment and nobody would be bothered about the compo.

I would remind you, dear reader, that the health service is not there to judge the patient on the cause of admission. Would you tolerate a biker having poor treatment because they undertake a "dangerous" pastime?

Without trying to be emotive; man in hospital has incompetent treatment = compo.

Originally Posted by simesb

If this wasn't an attempted suicide case then nobody would pass comment and nobody would be bothered about the compo.

I would remind you, dear reader, that the health service is not there to judge the patient on the cause of admission. Would you tolerate a biker having poor treatment because they undertake a "dangerous" pastime?

Without trying to be emotive; man in hospital has incompetent treatment = compo.

I agree with what you`re saying tho it`s the irony of the thing!!

Instead of him getting £90,000 compo, he should have been made to pay for the cost of the time and treatment he was given by Ambulance staff and A+E Staff and no doubt what ever ward he was later put in.