My step father was here 4 months ago..Whilst here he said he would cut the grass with a lawnmower he sent me 2 years previous.. Within 5 mins he was puffed out and asked me to get his Asthma puffer..
He was diagnosed as being as asthmatic in the UK 6 years ago and has been on medication ever since..
Anyway..3 weeks ago (in UK) ,he got serious chest pains whilst chucking stuff in a skip.. Family called an ambulance and after being checked again he was told that 2 of his arteries were 92% blocked and a third 98%.
They said that he was misdiagnosed 6 years previous and not asthmatic!!
He has just had a triple heart bypass and is now recovering..
The whole family are ****** fuming as he very nearly died needlessly.
When the dust settles,questions will be asked.
People often ask me how we deal with medical expenses here in the R.P..
I tell them,exactly the same as I would in the U.K.. Privately!!
My Father also died because of poor health care in the UK..Aged 55.