tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post582051387727903351..comments2023-11-03T00:06:36.875+11:00Comments on Bunyipitude: Mother Bunyip's OrdealBunyiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14668398379654771814noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-30941572797808726342012-07-23T19:43:28.444+10:002012-07-23T19:43:28.444+10:00Bunyip, Is that the same David Davis who went by t...Bunyip, Is that the same David Davis who went by the name Harry Heidelberg at Webdiary?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-29071252163530629152012-07-23T01:24:48.883+10:002012-07-23T01:24:48.883+10:00The Pompous Git describes his kafkaeque experience...The Pompous Git describes his <a href="http://thepompousgit.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/royal-hobart-habattoir-part-v-%E2%80%93-the-stroke/" rel="nofollow">kafkaeque experience</a> of suffering from both a stroke and medical uncare at the Royal Hobart Hospital.Deadmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05012725254441170657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-68459637946113836552012-07-21T16:22:34.083+10:002012-07-21T16:22:34.083+10:00Have you had a look at the wave power site? They s...Have you had a look at the wave power site? They still do not have one working. When they do it will sink under the weight of barnacles.Max.Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-54587694739077020182012-07-21T12:49:52.229+10:002012-07-21T12:49:52.229+10:00The snarling impotent rage of the superannuated b...The snarling impotent rage of the superannuated bolshie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-88093682705393702482012-07-21T10:15:12.786+10:002012-07-21T10:15:12.786+10:00Suggest you read "Deadly healthcare" by ...Suggest you read "Deadly healthcare" by James Dunbar, for a good background to why the health care system is stuffed full of bureaucratic levels of admin people, instead of health being managed by medical graduates who have some idea what they are doing. Health systems in Australia are predicated on the notion that hospitals/health services should be run like a corporation such as McDonalds or IBM, instead of a community service. Until this mindset is undone, health services will suffer, as do the patientsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-7557956710346162942012-07-21T08:52:56.601+10:002012-07-21T08:52:56.601+10:00It's the result of baby boomers wanting to see...It's the result of baby boomers wanting to seem young and hip by insisting that they be called by their first name. The young just use the first name for all then. Also, it is because of the ire evoked by using the wrong female title i.e. Mrs, Miss or Ms. They are just playing it safe by using the first name.Qld Skepticnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-58964456993654673702012-07-21T06:58:03.725+10:002012-07-21T06:58:03.725+10:00All the best to Mother Bunyip.
'Swallowed by ...All the best to Mother Bunyip.<br /><br />'Swallowed by the public health system'- Beautifully expressed. Three years back I had life saving heart surgery, for which I am eternally grateful.<br /><br />However as a still relatively young, and very strong minded individual I was amazed at the way your life spirals out of control once the system has you in its grasp.<br /><br />Gotta love Doctors and Nurses, but Hospital is like a hideous time machine that regresses you back to a powerless infant like state as those around you decide what's best for you while you watch on impotently.Adhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02738461657311787029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-84596884758393033492012-07-21T06:42:59.917+10:002012-07-21T06:42:59.917+10:00"Oh the unconceus(sic)irony of the leftard.
O..."Oh the unconceus(sic)irony of the leftard.<br />Oh the unconscious ignorance of the right wing lunatic.1735099https://www.blogger.com/profile/17945140949290600423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-89746497975610909502012-07-20T23:46:40.603+10:002012-07-20T23:46:40.603+10:00Oh the unconceus irony of the leftard.Oh the unconceus irony of the leftard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-88156615952095373682012-07-20T21:59:23.188+10:002012-07-20T21:59:23.188+10:00Mother,
Your post reminds me of a strike by the C...Mother,<br /><br />Your post reminds me of a strike by the Canberra bus drivers in the 1970s. They went on strike for a week for something or the other, increased wages I expect, then returned to work the following week without having their demand met.<br /><br />Apparently, no one was impacted by the strike. Everyone went about their business in their own vehicles as per usual, so no one was even aware that they were on strike.<br /><br />After a week the drivers became aware that their jobs were quite superfluous to community requirements, so they thought it best to return to work while their jobs still existed.<br /><br />P.S. The longest distance between two points is a Canberra bus route.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-25094599511007285522012-07-20T20:33:37.314+10:002012-07-20T20:33:37.314+10:00" made a career in professional stickybeaking..." made a career in professional stickybeaking."<br /><br />Perfect description of what social workers and others in the so called "helping" professions do for a living.The Falconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117926224704571323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-46887864132100424342012-07-20T18:55:26.453+10:002012-07-20T18:55:26.453+10:00It amuses me, as a nurse, to hear them preaching a...It amuses me, as a nurse, to hear them preaching about the virtues of voting Labor. Such short memories, so easily manipulated by their Labor-Right controlled Union, so forgetful of which Party was in power when they say their wages and conditions fell so far behind every other State (which they did). And your experience with the slip of a social worker is indeed a sign of things coming right now. Basic ignorance of real life mixed with a healthy dose of contrived tech-college turned Uni professionalism, and oblivious, modern rudeness.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-71328924778940018822012-07-20T16:47:15.423+10:002012-07-20T16:47:15.423+10:00Well country hospitals are pretty good but I guess...Well country hospitals are pretty good but I guess some areas of medicine are stretched to the limit and having to drive hours for specialist is sure a pain in the a##e<br /><br />Re Ballieu, I think the current fiasco of unionists holding the bloody state to ransom is the last straw,and the impotence of the police as bad as if we hadn't got rid of the flamin' hugs and gay march idiot woman Chief Commissioner whose "work" I hated so much!!<br />I'm considering resigning from the Libs, but I joined because I like Abbott and he hasn't had his go yet!<br /><br />Give me the days of SR'enry Bolte all over again--he called a spade a bloody shovel and knew what one was for!!Jazzanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-86211328917392606112012-07-20T16:36:24.546+10:002012-07-20T16:36:24.546+10:00Bunyip, hope mother is home in her own place befor...Bunyip, hope mother is home in her own place before long. As to soial workers, wll while working in the UK some years ago all the ocial workers in Tower Hamlets went on strike. They stayed out for a year. When they came back it was to find their former clients were happier than the social workers were. Some are good, many are just ever so superior.Mother Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-12438821332674640532012-07-20T15:51:42.671+10:002012-07-20T15:51:42.671+10:00Good to hear Mother Bunyip isn't too serious a...Good to hear Mother Bunyip isn't too serious and is on the mend. I attended a public emergency with a badly broken, though reducted (shifted), wrist and then had to wait two more weeks for the orthopaedic consultation. Upon viewing my X-ray his first words were "Sh*t" and I was promptly put on the ASAP surgery list. Then during my hospital stay was asked by a nutritionist if I had any special dietary issues or needs - they sure have some funny priorities. <br /><br />My emergency doctor did tell me that I should expect to see a specialist in a matter of days, and this was indicated in the notes, though somewhere behind the scenes some non-medically trained goose involved in making appointments had made the decision that broken bones could wait 2 weeks. The operation was described as "big", requiring 4 hours in theatre and 2 incisions.<br /><br />Something I noticed during my visits which included on-going physio - any time I saw administrative staff walking around the hospital they were invariably female and commonly of the younger aesthetic variety; now we have to be careful here, this doesn't mean females are inept administrators but it does indicate that hiring practices aren't fully geared towards recruiting the most competent, which you would think would produce a more even gender spread. I'm reminded of HR departments.DavidAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-63912197208811435392012-07-20T15:37:57.951+10:002012-07-20T15:37:57.951+10:00There is an awful tendency in health care to call ...There is an awful tendency in health care to call everyone by their first name, unasked. It doesn't sit well with people some decades their senior.Pamela Arlousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-69224893407676231002012-07-20T15:30:10.877+10:002012-07-20T15:30:10.877+10:00Re a wheelchair, have you spoken to the Salvos or ...Re a wheelchair, have you spoken to the Salvos or St Vinnies yet ? Amazing what they can russle up after a ring-around sometimes.The Old and Unimproved Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-59203952252737116442012-07-20T15:21:57.602+10:002012-07-20T15:21:57.602+10:00"entrance requirements for teachers college&q..."entrance requirements for teachers college"<br />Small but significant point in the context of your rant about Social Workers and Teachers - "Teachers' Colleges" ceased to exist years ago.1735099https://www.blogger.com/profile/17945140949290600423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-1835380823382880982012-07-20T14:47:19.045+10:002012-07-20T14:47:19.045+10:00Pleased to hear that Mother Bunyip is on the mend....Pleased to hear that Mother Bunyip is on the mend. I hope that she is home with Mr. Bunyip Snr. soon.<br /><br />Your comments regarding Mr. Ballieu's government have an echo over here on the western side of this continent. Mr. Barnett has apparently given more than five million dollars towards the cost of installing an untested wave power electicity generating green wet dream.<br /><br />What's with these so-called conservative Premiers? Can we borrow that Newman chap from Queensland, he appears to be built of the right stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-1124172007851854562012-07-20T14:46:41.139+10:002012-07-20T14:46:41.139+10:00I hope Mother Bunyip has a speedy and full recover...I hope Mother Bunyip has a speedy and full recovery.Coconutdognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-36249813301919105702012-07-20T14:14:05.792+10:002012-07-20T14:14:05.792+10:00I think it was Frank Devine who remarked on the tr...I think it was Frank Devine who remarked on the trend for strangers to address people by their first names, in all circumstances. If it's done to pretend a sort of relationship, then it's unwelcome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com