Just spent the last 3 days in hospital... not the most fun I've ever had but I did get to use the cliche - "It's a small world" for the 1st time during my stay in Sydney.
The doctor who initially examined me was English - from Hexham - and so we started chatting, and eventually realized that we had a mutual friend in London! And if that wasn't coincidence enough, I was talking to an English nurse, from Leeds, (seems most of the staff were English or Irish) for a while whilst waiting for a bed. Transpired that for 4yrs her boyfriend was my cousin! (And it's not like I have a legion of cousins) How strange is that?
Thankfully, I was discharged from hospital without anything too serious been detected and have planned to go out for a beer or two with the doc sometime soon. Will be good to have another friend here, as despite the general friendliness of the Aussies there is just a little something lacking there and both Lucy & I have found it a little tough to make 'real' friends with people.
One thing I would say is that my stay in hospital was much better than any I have endured in the UK. Treatment was prompt & I was given a multitude of tests, scans, etc that would have taken an age in the UK. The nurses were all very friendly & efficient...and the doctor gave some very good advice & had a great bed-side manner. And this was in a public (rather than private) hospital...so really makes me question the efficiency of the NHS in the UK. Maybe it's time the government / public got over themselves and realize that significant changes are needed.
My only complaint was that the rooms on the other side of the corridor had a superb view of the harbour (surely the best view from a hospital room anywhere in the world) whilst from my room I could see ...... well not much really!
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