Hemo/Homo ?

[Malthus]

Why would anyone shout that they were gay in such a situation (and with such an rarely used word for it)? Medical staff should be more used to people saying they were hemophilliac.

  Good point.  It'd be like me shouting "I've got a boob fetish!" if I was rushed to the hospital after suffering a stroke, and the nurse being like "Quick, rush him to the Pervert Ward!"

You'd like that, wouldn't you. 

[Valmy]

Why would anyone shout that they were gay in such a situation (and with such an rarely used word for it)? Medical staff should be more used to people saying they were hemophilliac.

Maybe she thought this life threatening situation had made him see he needed to come out of the closet and be true to himself.  I bet that happens all the time.

[Caliga]

You'd like that, wouldn't you. 

Depends on what the "Pervert Ward" is exactly. 

[Neil]

Leaving an AIDS patient bleeding in the waiting room doesn't make that much sense either.

Why help an AIDS patient?

[Liep]

Why would anyone shout that they were gay in such a situation (and with such an rarely used word for it)? Medical staff should be more used to people saying they were hemophilliac.

Maybe she thought this life threatening situation had made him see he needed to come out of the closet and be true to himself.  I bet that happens all the time.

If she thought it was a life threatening situation it still wouldn't be smart to dismiss him. You know, save lifes and all that shit at the hospitals.

[Malthus]

You'd like that, wouldn't you. 

Depends on what the "Pervert Ward" is exactly. 

For one, the nurses' outfits are purchased at a specialty costume shop and not the usual medical supply outfit ... 

[Drakken]

Don't they have Medic-Alert bracelets in Norway?

If the guy's hemophiliac he ought to have at least something on him to warn health workers , in case he isn't conscious or unable to communicate. I have always something on me warning for my allergy for emergencies.

[Liep]

But really, there's no need to make such a big deal out of this. It's just our rampant xenophobia playing its part. If the guy had been a Pakistani this wouldn't even make the news.

[Drakken]

But really, there's no need to make such a big deal out of this. It's just our rampant xenophobia playing its part. If the guy had been a Pakistani this wouldn't even make the news.

Still, that a nurse could confuse "hemophilia" for "homosexual", even in Norwegian, that no check at least to be sure that he is the bleeding guy isn't a hemophiliac, and that no one took notice that the guy didn't stop bleeding after 10 minutes... was it too tiresome for her to ask him to confirm, to ask something like "excuse me, did you say you were hemophiliac or homosexual?"

And I am sure her nursing union will defend that incompetent tart with tooth and nail. 

[Liep]

Apparently this is the conversation with the nurse:

Friend: He's a bleeder
Nurse: No, he's not bleeding that much.
Friend: No, a hemophilliac
Nurse: Well, if he's homophile, then he doesn't need treatment.

[Drakken]

Apparently this is the conversation with the nurse:

Friend: He's a bleeder
Nurse: No, he's not bleeding that much.
Friend: No, a hemophilliac
Nurse: Well, if he's homophile, then he doesn't need treatment.

Wow. Just wow.

[Neil]

that no check at least to be sure that he is the bleeding guy isn't a hemophiliac, and that no one took notice that the guy didn't stop bleeding after 10 minutes... was it too tiresome for her to ask him to confirm, to ask something like "excuse me, did you say you were hemophiliac or homosexual?"

I find your stupidity to be embarrassing.

[DontSayBanana]

Even if the guy was muttering and unintelligible, shouldn't somebody have noticed, you know, that the bleeding WASN'T STOPPING?

[Liep]

Even if the guy was muttering and unintelligible, shouldn't somebody have noticed, you know, that the bleeding WASN'T STOPPING?

Internal.

[DontSayBanana]

Internal.

Well, that would answer a lot, but where do you see that it was internal? "Brained by a broken bottle" and "bleeding all over the place" make me think not only bleeding externally, but profusely as well.