My Sister.
This one is a bit of a gutter so be warned.

When she was younger my sister had cancer of the thyroid and was quite poorly. In those days kids were sent to the Children’s Hospital and regulations on visiting hours were rather draconian. So she’d had her operation to remove the tumour and was lying in bed feeling very unwell and obviously wanted her mum. So she asked the nurse when her mum was coming “Later.“ was the terse answer. She asked again and again, always receiving the same answer. Eventually she was becoming very upset and, as she described it to her mum later, almost frantic. So she got out of bed and approached the nurses station where the matron was sitting. Once again she asked when her mum was coming and the matron answered as follows:

“You’re mother isn’t ever coming to see you again you whining little girl. She doesn’t love you, nobody loves you. Now go back to bed and stay there.” By the time visiting hours arrived she had become hysterical and was sedated.

My sister was three. It took almost fifteen years for the mental scars to be overcome.

Thank you NHS, treating the disease isn't your only responsibility. I'm pleased things are better now.

Just checked, she was actually five. Sorry.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 11 Mar 2010, 13:01, 7 replies)

fucking hell
that's harsh
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 11 Mar 2010, 13:16, closed)

They were like that back then.
She was just lucky they didn't need the chimneys swept.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 11 Mar 2010, 13:38, closed)

What a vile piece of shit that matron was.
That makes me both angry and sad. Grr.
( Fathter Puddytat Kill Kill dat widdle boid is mine on, Thu 11 Mar 2010, 13:42, closed)

Ergh
Animals have more humanity.
(Archeleus hates cabbage, Thu 11 Mar 2010, 13:47, closed)

I had my tonsils out in 1981 when I was 4 y/o
I remember a nasty nurse told me my parents wern't coming back. In a rare moment of astuteness, I knew that she was lying and it didnt bother me. I wonder how many children she said that to in her career?
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Thu 11 Mar 2010, 15:20, closed)

What
a sadistic cunt.

My daughter was in hospital when she was three.

If a nurse had said that to her, there would have been one more casulty in that hospital that day.
(dchurch bah, Thu 11 Mar 2010, 16:35, closed)

I'm with you on that
I would go completely crazymental. I think that many medical staff become so institutionalised that they stop seeing patients as people and just see them as an annoyance.
(Tom Jones's Mojo Hasn't had any since, Thu 11 Mar 2010, 17:09, closed)

I agree
I have out up with some crap from nurses but if one said that to one of my children she would be nursing a broken nose.
(whiskas loved by 8 out of 10 cats, Sun 14 Mar 2010, 0:30, closed)