[lostalex]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

Not here in the UK, I was in an a&e with a friend who had an injury,not a serious one, but there were many other people waiting there too.

One person who had come in just a few minutes after us, seemed quite ill, his wife with him alerted the Nurse who said she would go to se if a Doctor could see him straightaway, the Doctor said yes and he was rushed through.

That is how our NHS works, if someone needs treatment or to be assessed quickly it is done with a Doctors nod.
I cannot think of that many other instances where a baby actually being born could not be classed as an emergency,if only from the safety aspect of the Child and it's Mother but also as to the hygiene elements too.

funny how women all over the rest of the world manage to give birth quite often without the NHS... go figure...