Where this thing started

Back in January of 2009, the Happy Medic was followed by a man calling himself MedicBlog999. It was the first time I realized my rantingstherapy was visible in other countries.

It was in this post I challenged Medic999 to tell the truth about the pros and cons of the nationalized system he works in.

Luckily, as it turns out, he is an honest person and has kept up his end of the bargain.

The original post

"The Happy Medic has gone International. I love reading about other pre-hospital providers from all over the country but never really realized (realised) they have the internets machine in other countries until I started following Medicblog999. But I'm being followed as well.

Reading the posts is like looking in a mirror. They have the same BS over there. It makes me feel better that no matter whether the system is for profit or Nationalized (Nationalised), the crazies still call 911 (999) to get help to the toilet (loo) or just for a ride.
(trying to help my new UK friends follow along with translations in parenthesis)

So I call out to my EMS buddy across the pond to tell it like it is. Here in the states we hear a lot about NHS and the troubles they're having with dispatch errors, long response times, etc. I plan to take these stories to the folks who can tell us what is really happening, the Medics on the streets.

HM

EDIT - forgot to put them on the other side of the "road" up there."

And the rest, as they say, is...