Surgeon in Scotland treks for three hours through snow to help patient - Sensationalist Headlines

[URL]https://www.indy100.com/article/hero-surgeon-snow-storm-emma-glasgow-scotland-three-hours-help-patient-bowel-cancer-nhs-8235986[/URL] [QUOTE][B]A brave and dedicated surgeon battled against the snow and wind in freezing conditions in Glasgow to operate on a patient. [/B] The unnamed female doctor reportedly walked eight miles for almost three hours from Anniesland in the West End of Glasgow to Paisley, Renfrewshire to complete the surgery. According to the [URL="https://www.scotsman.com/news/scots-surgeon-walks-for-three-hours-in-snow-to-perform-operation-1-4698903"][I]Scotsman[/I][/URL], the anonymous individual did not want to be named as she didn't want to take credit for doing her job, despite going to extraordinary lengths to do so. The patient in question was due to undergo surgery that day and she didn't want to let the person down. Her amazing commitment and effort was praised by her colleague Andy Renwick. Dr Renwick added that this wasn't the only selfless act that he had witnessed at the hospital during the bad weather. Trainee foundation doctors stayed in the facility overnight waiting for others members of staff to arrive. Stories like this haven't been a rarity in during the adverse weather. Doctors and nurses in Sunderland and Newcastle [URL="https://www.indy100.com/article/doctors-slept-in-hospital-treat-patients-bad-weather-snow-sunderland-nhs-8234961"]slept in hospitals in overnight[/URL] so that they could care for patients. [/QUOTE]

Wait is this really not known? Hospital workers walk to work in bad weather all the time. I used a surgical mask with a face shield to cover my face to walk 3 miles to work in a blizzard a few years back.

[QUOTE=ScoutKing;53175895]Wait is this really not known? Hospital workers walk to work in bad weather all the time. I used a surgical mask with a face shield to cover my face to walk 3 miles to work in a blizzard a few years back.[/QUOTE] People like you are why the NHS is so revered.

[QUOTE=ScoutKing;53175895]Wait is this really not known? Hospital workers walk to work in bad weather all the time. I used a surgical mask with a face shield to cover my face to walk 3 miles to work in a blizzard a few years back.[/QUOTE] The sad part is, it's not "an act of kindness", it's usually "nobody else in your department can show up today, so you have to find a way to get here or you're gonna fear for your job"

[QUOTE=Kylel999;53176794]The sad part is, it's not "an act of kindness", it's usually "nobody else in your department can show up today, so you have to find a way to get here or you're gonna fear for your job"[/QUOTE] Bingo. Its a "well someone has to do it, and im the closes person" In this case the surgeon probably went in for a specialized surgical procedure, if the on-call surgeon in house couldn't do it. Facilities have call rosters, and plan for events like this, so the people who should be working know ahead of time. If theyre smart they arrive before the storm, or get a hotel/stay near the facility.

Don't think this warrants a new thread, but a Lincolnshire firefighter had to leave home a day early and walk through over 14 miles of snow to get to the fire station. [URL="https://www.indy100.com/article/dan-cheetham-firefighter-dedicated-snow-cold-lincolnshire-louth-fire-station-walked-8238036"]Source[/URL] [QUOTE]One firefighter, Dan Cheetham, from Lincolnshire, ended up trudging through the snow for more than 14 miles to get to work on time. He said it was a “walk in the park” – except for the five feet of snow in the drifts. The 28-year-old left home in Brinbrook to head to Louth fire station a day early because he knew he would not be able to use his car in the conditions that were to follow on Friday morning. The journey he endured took a little more than four hours and, when Dan arrived, he said his colleagues joked that he was “loopy,” and looked like the abominable snowman in all his layers.[/QUOTE]