Must not stress individual responsibilityDoctors do sometimes get frustrated by the avoidable injuries they have to deal withA hospital has apologised to the grieving family of a dead motorcyclist after a junior doctor criticised him on Facebook for not wearing a helmet.
The grieving family and friends of Darren Neate, 32, a married father of two, claim the insensitive post has left them even more traumatised after his fatal accident in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, on June 8.
After his death, Doncaster Royal Infirmary doctor Ellie Pierce, who had treated Mr Neate, posted on Facebook, questioning whether he thought a safety helmet was a 'fashion choice'.
In a post later seen by the family, Dr Pierce described Mr Neate's injuries as 'gory'.
'The thing going on in my mind at this moment? Not was there something that I could have done, because there wasn't,' she wrote in the Facebook post.
'But why the bl**dy hell wasn't he wearing a crash helmet? It's not a fashion statement, it's because they save lives! This person learned the hard way.'
She ended the post, which didn't mention Darren by name, urging motorcyclists to wear a crash helmet. The post was later deleted.
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Her comments were correct, but not appropriate under the circumstances.
ReplyDeleteNeglegent doctors have killed more people then guns
ReplyDeleteBoP: non-sequitar
ReplyDeleteAnon 2:51 all mouth no mind dip-wad
ReplyDeleteLiberals too much WAAH,WAAH,WAAH not enough backbone
ReplyDeleteIf her comments make people think about their survival choices when riding a motorcycle the I support her. Yes it may be in bad taste to the family but if it save even one life that the hospital has nothing to apologise for nor does the doctor. Perhaps if they had done a better job educating their son he would still be alive.
ReplyDeleteIt raises many questions.
ReplyDeleteShould motorbike helmets be compulsory or optional?
If it is compulsory to wear a motorbike helmet, and if a person chooses not to wear it, and then has an accident and is brain damaged, should that person receive the same degree of lifelong government funded personal support as a person who was wearing a helmet when brain damaged? Or should they not be assisted, and be left to die perhaps after years of dysfunctional living? Or should wearers and non-wearers of helmets when injured receive the same amount of support? Or should there be a sufficient gov funded support for non-wearers of helmets and further support for wearers. Should education/information on brain injuries be mandatory as part of motorbike licence acquirement, so that non-wearers cannot claim ignorance and can then be held accountable for themselves? And if so can we as a collective conscientiously leave such non-wearers of helmets to live or die without required support? Thoughts?
And if motorbike helmets are compulsory, then what of those riders who come off and slide feet first under a car and have their heads ripped off because their full faced helmet does not fit under the car? Is the State responsible for their death?
ReplyDeleteAnd if a motorcyclist comes off and slides feet first then he will have time to regret his decision to ride a motorcycle as he slides under a vehicle, not his decision to wear a motorcycle helmet. Where is the evidence that accidents between motorcycles and vehicles where wearing a helmet vs not wearing a helmet reduces survivability? If a motorcyclist has slid under a vehicle it is because he drooped his motorcycle into a slide before he hit the vehicle. Suicide, it may not be intentional but that will be the result.
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