The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #148382   Message #4155293
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
16-Oct-22 - 02:28 PM
Thread Name: BS: OK Folks, It's Flu Shot Time
Subject: RE: BS: OK Folks, It's Flu Shot Time
Not Flu jab related, but we seem to have wandered.
Had a couple of days in Gibraltar this week. My wife got bitten by a macaque. Quick application of Germolene, and a later visit to a pharmacy. The pharmacist recommended visiting the hospital. (The skin had been punctured)
Went to hospital, found reception, answered questions, filled in paperwork. Saw a doctor/nurse, tested for residual tetanus resistance. Wound cleaned and dressed (one steri-strip) tetanus injection, prescription for antibiotics. Out of the hospital within 45 minutes of arrival.
Only cost was £5- to pick up the prescription at the next pharmacist we passed.

The speed was probably down to a lack of 'middle management'.