You may find this article interesting:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/09/14/profile.roberts/

This show is real world ER:

http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/trauma/trauma.html



>>What is it, an Alan Ford type hospital?
>
>Yeah with DR. Crack 'life saving' surgeries ;
>
>Patient with infected apendix :
>- Doctor,Doctor I realy feel great today !
>I think I am cured!
>
>Dr Crack (to patient):
>- tsc tsc tsc... You litle liar ... I am afraid you will hv another surgery!
>
>Dr Crack to 'assistants' (Leaving the room)
>- CUT OF HIS LEG!
>We cannot let him die just like that!'
>
>(Nemozemo ga prepustiti krutoj sudbini!)
>
> * * *
>Damn... how I miss those comics!
>Luckily there are some of them at www.stripoteka.com
>
>
>
>Well now litle bit serious ...
>Cyprus public hospitals are not all that bad, moreover
>all of them are relatively new.
>
>But problem is that being public, unless you come
>by ambulance car you will wait forever to get help.
>
>Other thing is that personnel there, with job being granted forever
>and on relatively low pay, are not realy motivated to be helpfull.
>
>Another strange thing, which I could'nt ever understand...
>New Hospital in my town has been built actually - outside town!.
>
>It takes you half hour just to make it there. I don't know if everybody
>ever study of how meny people died because Ambulance cars have to drive
>10-15 minutes extra.
>
>So everybody goes to their private doctors just arround corner.
>
>
>How about public hospitals in USA , is it anything like we watch it in 'ER'series ?
>
>(Has to be be like that, otherwise I am gonna stop watching anything
>comming from Hollywood!)
>
>Cheers :)
>
>Sergio