The Royal London Hospital is still trying to get to the bottom of my health incident, that I wrote about in The Hour Change Has Completely Knocked Me Out.
On Monday, I had a serious liver scan by ultrasound at Barts Hospital and today, I was phoned up by the Royal London to invite me to take a blood test to check against those that they took a couple of weeks ago.
They said to turn up any day before five and they would do it there and then.
As I was going past the hospital this afternoon, I turned up about two-thirty, without a prior appointment.
I logged myself into a queuing system, which was more McDonalds or Leon, than NHS and sat for about fifteen minutes, whilst the patients in front of me were tested.
As I sat there, I was approached by a doctor doing research. He asked if I would give a couple of extra vials of blood for his research.
As I knew that this would only delay me for a few more seconds, I said yes and filled in his form, which asked no important ethical questions.
Is the system in use at the Royal London Hospital research-friendly?
Suppose, a researcher is looking into the frequency of a particular gene in a population. They could just ask patients for a sample.
November 24, 2022
Posted by AnonW |
Health | Barts Hospital, Blood, Ethics, Hospitals, Leon Restaurants, McDonalds, NHS, Research, Royal London Hospital, Ultrasound |
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The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on the BBC.
This is the first paragraph.
The picturesque county of Rutland boasts a Michelin-star restaurant, dozens of gourmet eateries and regular farmers’ markets – but what it doesn’t have is anywhere to pick up a Big Mac. This may all be about to change.
And the change seems to be creating an almighty row in the county.
I only have one use for McDonalds.
A couple of times, I’ve been stuck in a town or city centre and hungrily looking for a gluten-free snack.
So I’ve bought a small portion of chips and an orange juice.
McDonalds chips are gluten-free, unlike many other fast-food joints, which coat them in wheat.
September 17, 2019
Posted by AnonW |
Food | Coeliac/Gluten-Free, McDonalds |
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The Anonymous Widower 