August 10, 2007

No Ambulance for Victim Who Wet His Pants

(Oslo, Norway) A 37-year-old man, known only as Ali, was seriously beaten by another man in an Oslo park last Monday. Head first, Ali was knocked to the ground and he lost consciousness (pic). Police and paramedics were called.

When the paramedics arrived, however, Ali had accidentally wet his trousers. Hazy, Ali, having gained conscience, stood up and wet his trousers for a second time, according to witnesses.

Witness Caroline Drefvelin was shocked by the paramedics' behaviour.

"The blood was running form his head, and he seemed very groggy. When he peed by the ambulance, one of the paramedics said 'You f...ing pig', and then they refused to take him with them," she told Aftenposten.no.

Police stood by, but did not get involved when Ali was refused help, according to Ali's girlfriend Nordberg. She later took a taxi to the hospital with Ali.

After five hours of surgery, doctors said that Ali might suffer permanent brain damage. Lawyer Abid Q. Raja, representing Ali and his family, remarked, "This would never happen to a white man."

Okay, is this racial discrimination, a human rights violation, a "hate crime" or does the ambulance service have a "No Pee Allowed" rule? Your guess is as good as mine.

It seems odd that the whole episode occurred in a politically correct and wonderfully diverse Scandinavian country. If it happened in the U.S., there would likely be riots and lawsuits.

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March 26, 2007

Socialized Health Care : Coming Soon to a Country Near You?

Soon enough, if Hillary has her way. Here's a tale of two "women" and their experiences under the Canadian socialized medicine system. Keep in mind that this is what Hilary hopes to impose on the U.S.

h/t : Michelle.

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March 06, 2007

Walter Reed: Prelude to Hillary Care?

Has it dawned on any of the Democrats currently pouncing on the problems of the military medical care system that the issue is a miniature version of the chaos which would be created by a national health care system? I think not.

Even as the alleged deficiencies at Walter Reed hospital are being investigated, politicians and pundits are weighing in with their opinions and, from what I've heard, the primary complaints are mismanagement and lack of funds. Multiply everything being said and the investigative findings a thousand-fold and the result is -- the chaos of a national health care system.

Congress is holding hearings and legislators have stated that they want answers while fearing that Walter Reed is just the tip of the bigger iceberg of problems with "the nation's ability to care for the thousands of soldiers gravely wounded from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan."

Well, if there are serious failures in the government-administered health care system in the military, which arguably does many things percentage-wise better than other government departments and only services a few million people, how can Clinton, Obama, Pelosi, et al., claim that a national health care system for 300,000,000 will do any better?

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