Tag: hospital
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My Mug Runneth Over…
This post contains rather more personal detail than I am accustomed to disclose. If you are uncomfortable with this, or if you’re having breakfast, you might want to move on. So why am I writing it? I’ll take the peripheral issue first, to give you a flavour of what follows: I have been…
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Nowhere Lane – Chapter Thirteen. Radley Court
The Day Room in Caleybridge Hospital was a twilight affair of clinical leather and faded colours, which Karen, still shaken after her most recent encounter with the malevolent dark man, would scarcely notice. She had allowed herself to be driven here by Paul Wheeler, whose girlfriend Gabrielle, Patrick’s sister, had explained the events of the…
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Oh, Doctor!
Brothers and Sisters! Today’s moment for thought is dedicated to our wonderful British National Health Service. The envy of the world, it performs a sterling function in the community, for which I do not feel sufficient appreciation is given. As you know, illness is generally suffered by old people, and old people can be notoriously…