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[Milltown Row2]

I had the opposite experience in a Belfast A&E a few weeks ago, hardly any "locals". 70% time wasters across the board, regardless of colour

Was up in Antrim A&E with the daughter last week, just locals, not sure how sick people are tbf not sure if the were wasters.

But the amount of drunks/druggies (usually being accompanied by peelers) in A&E is a massive drain on services

Had to bring my mother  to A&E a  few months back.  At least 5  toe rags came in  in cuffs with police.  Strangely enough they were seen  and shipped out again in no time (It might be a good idea to   get yourself arrested  if  you  ever need A&E again!).

We were kept in corridor  over night while waiting for  a doctor/bed , and another  toe rag obviously drugged up was kicking off in a  side room.  Multiple police,  numerous medical staff and even the porters were roped in to deal with  her.  Unbelievable waste of  resources

However , there was a  mix of locals and foreign nationals

Were the ones kicking off foreign nationals drugged out or drunk?

[ThomasMullan]

I had the opposite experience in a Belfast A&E a few weeks ago, hardly any "locals". 70% time wasters across the board, regardless of colour

Was up in Antrim A&E with the daughter last week, just locals, not sure how sick people are tbf not sure if the were wasters.

But the amount of drunks/druggies (usually being accompanied by peelers) in A&E is a massive drain on services

Had to bring my mother  to A&E a  few months back.  At least 5  toe rags came in  in cuffs with police.  Strangely enough they were seen  and shipped out again in no time (It might be a good idea to   get yourself arrested  if  you  ever need A&E again!).

We were kept in corridor  over night while waiting for  a doctor/bed , and another  toe rag obviously drugged up was kicking off in a  side room.  Multiple police,  numerous medical staff and even the porters were roped in to deal with  her.  Unbelievable waste of  resources

However , there was a  mix of locals and foreign nationals

Were the ones kicking off foreign nationals drugged out or drunk?

While I'm sure a reply is in the pipeline, my money is on Johnto and Mackers. Any takers?

[Itchy]

I was in A&E recently and the only foreigners I saw were the doctors and nurses.

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Had a relative who needed A&E. 5 hrs waiting on an Ambulance, 14 hrs in the Ambulance (25 min journey), 36 hrs and counting in A&E. This person had chest pains and trouble breathing as well as few other underlying issues. Elderly person. The GP called the ambulance so they didn't go willy nilly.

It is something akin to an active war zone and if you or a relative needs to attend you should make the necessary preparations.

[Kidder81]

The boards resident eejits have never seen a foreigner in any hospital setting ffs, if you can't even be honest about it whats the point. Take a scoot into the Royal Victoria Hospital some day in Belfast to see how many you spot.

[Rossfan]

I was in A&E recently and the only foreigners I saw were the doctors and nurses.

Bloody foreigners.....taking our jobs.
Time the fascists started to blockade hospitals!

[thewobbler]

Thankfully I'm not overly familiar with A&E over the past few years.

I tell you who must be a giant big bastard of a xenophobe though; the court reporter for the Newry Democrat. Every week he manages to fill his couple of pages with a string of offences by people with Eastern European names.... some weeks there's twice as many of these names as local names. As they represent a small demographic among Newry's population, it must be the court reporter's bias.

[ThomasMullan]

Thankfully I'm not overly familiar with A&E over the past few years.

I tell you who must be a giant big bastard of a xenophobe though; the court reporter for the Newry Democrat. Every week he manages to fill his couple of pages with a string of offences by people with Eastern European names.... some weeks there's twice as many of these names as local names. As they represent a small demographic among Newry's population, it must be the court reporter's bias.

Not once have you counted the Eastern European names vs the local names and concluded that there is twice as many.

[whitey]

I don't know if posters on here are genuinely stupid or just pretending to be stupid in order to score points, BUT the complaints about hospital waiting times/shortages of GPS etc, is not that the recent arrivals are CAUSING the problem

The system was already badly broken before they arrived and by now adding hundreds of thousands of new (non taxpaying) arrivals is only going to make an unbearable problem even worse

Secondly, people who've lived in Ireland their whole lives and paid taxes their whole lives are being told there's no money for Guards or ambulances or special needs teachers etc

But now all of a sudden theres Billions of Euros (of taxpayers money) available to house, feed,clothe and transport refugees and asylum seekers (some of whom are flat out fraudsters)

Prediction: The govt are going to revive an unmerciful kicking at the local elections

[Armagh18]

I don't know if posters on here are genuinely stupid or just pretending to be stupid in order to score points, BUT the complaints about hospital waiting times/shortages of GPS etc, is not that the recent arrivals are CAUSING the problem

The system was already badly broken before they arrived and by now adding hundreds of thousands of new (non taxpaying) arrivals is only going to make an unbearable problem even worse

Secondly, people who've lived in Ireland their whole lives and paid taxes their whole lives are being told there's no money for Guards or ambulances or special needs teachers etc

But now all of a sudden theres Billions of Euros (of taxpayers money) available to house, feed,clothe and transport refugees and asylum seekers (some of whom are flat out fraudsters)

Prediction: The govt are going to revive an unmerciful kicking at the local elections

That doesnt sit well with me at all not sure about everyone else.

[ThomasMullan]

I don't know if posters on here are genuinely stupid or just pretending to be stupid in order to score points, BUT the complaints about hospital waiting times/shortages of GPS etc, is not that the recent arrivals are CAUSING the problem

The system was already badly broken before they arrived and by now adding hundreds of thousands of new (non taxpaying) arrivals is only going to make an unbearable problem even worse

Secondly, people who've lived in Ireland their whole lives and paid taxes their whole lives are being told there's no money for Guards or ambulances or special needs teachers etc

But now all of a sudden theres Billions of Euros (of taxpayers money) available to house, feed,clothe and transport refugees and asylum seekers (some of whom are flat out fraudsters)

Prediction: The govt are going to revive an unmerciful kicking at the local elections

So if government mismanagement is the real problem why are racist muppets protesting at real and imaginary asylum seeker accommodation up and down the country?

Punching down is always easier eh? 

[burdizzo]

Thankfully I'm not overly familiar with A&E over the past few years.

I tell you who must be a giant big bastard of a xenophobe though; the court reporter for the Newry Democrat. Every week he manages to fill his couple of pages with a string of offences by people with Eastern European names.... some weeks there's twice as many of these names as local names. As they represent a small demographic among Newry's population, it must be the court reporter's bias.

Not once have you counted the Eastern European names vs the local names and concluded that there is twice as many.

Even if it were half as many, it'd still be an over-representation. In many European countries with longer experiences of migration than we do, immigrants - and those of a non-national background - are over-represented in the prison population.

[thewobbler]

Thankfully I'm not overly familiar with A&E over the past few years.

I tell you who must be a giant big bastard of a xenophobe though; the court reporter for the Newry Democrat. Every week he manages to fill his couple of pages with a string of offences by people with Eastern European names.... some weeks there's twice as many of these names as local names. As they represent a small demographic among Newry's population, it must be the court reporter's bias.

Not once have you counted the Eastern European names vs the local names and concluded that there is twice as many.

This has happened many times. Our local Poles have a habit of getting drunk and beating man, woman, child and car.

When you see it you will call it anomaly.

Then when it happens regularly you'll ignore it, as you do anything that doesn't fit your politics and passions.

Then when anyone brings it up, you'll cry racism.

This is the way.

[Armagh18]

Thankfully I'm not overly familiar with A&E over the past few years.

I tell you who must be a giant big bastard of a xenophobe though; the court reporter for the Newry Democrat. Every week he manages to fill his couple of pages with a string of offences by people with Eastern European names.... some weeks there's twice as many of these names as local names. As they represent a small demographic among Newry's population, it must be the court reporter's bias.

Not once have you counted the Eastern European names vs the local names and concluded that there is twice as many.

This has happened many times. Our local Poles have a habit of getting drunk and beating man, woman, child and car.

When you see it you will call it anomaly.

Then when it happens regularly you'll ignore it, as you do anything that doesn't fit your politics and passions.

Then when anyone brings it up, you'll cry racism.

This is the way.

You do hear of plenty of locals doing similar shit now to be fair

[Rossfan]

"Hundreds of thousands of new arrivals"

Whitey spouting  sh1te like only a Yank can do.