accessory Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 From today's Mercury Leicester City legend Steve Walsh has thanked hospital staff for saving the lives of his wife and newborn son.Mum Sira lost three litres of blood giving birth to Zaki, who arrived five weeks premature on Monday. The baby's head had become twisted around in the wrong position in the womb and, after an induced birth, he had to be delivered with forceps. Sira, 29, spent three days in a high-dependency unit recovering while Zaki, who weighed five pounds and seven ounces, spent his first 24 hours in an incubator at Leicester Royal Infirmary. Steve, 46, said: "It was a pretty terrible birth to be honest – a real struggle for Sira. There was a time when I did fear the worst. I have to say the staff in maternity were absolutely brilliant. They were life-savers. "Sira weighs just seven stone and it was a really serious thing for her to lose all that blood. "When I was panicking about what was happening they were brilliant. "They deserve to be paid more than footballers for the job they do. "As worried as I was, it was clear that this was the best place we could be if something went wrong." Sira went into labour on Sunday night and Zaki's birth was induced at about 1.30am on Monday. Sira said: "I was drifting in and out of consciousness because of the blood loss. I didn't really know what was going on. When he was born I could only manage a couple of questions – 'is it a boy?' and 'why isn't he crying?' "I was so worried there was something wrong. I just can't thank the doctors and nurses enough for the way they helped Zaki and myself." Steve said he especially wanted to thank Dr Olakanmi Joseph, who delivered the baby. Zaki has had yellow jaundice – a condition common in newborns – but he and Sira were yesterday well enough to be discharged. They returned to their home near Market Harborough where Steve's other children from his previous marriage – Nicholas, 23, Matthew, 19 and daughter Olivia, 18 – got to meet the new arrival. Steve said: "Sira and Zaki are doing much, much better now and we are really looking forward to getting settled at home. "I've already been down the club shop to order him the new kit." The former City centre-half and skipper played 369 games for the club between 1986 and 2000, scoring 53 goals, including two in a famous Division One Wembley play-off final against Derby. Best wishes to the family - seems like they had a very narrow escape. And it's good to see the Mercury giving some positive publicity to local hospitals for a change.
purpleronnie Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 From today's Mercury Best wishes to the family - seems like they had a very narrow escape. And it's good to see the Mercury giving some positive publicity to local hospitals for a change. Absolutely.
vanfox12 Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 Like all organisations the problem with the NHS is the overpaid idiots running the show at the top. However i do think the unions in this Country might get more support for their cause if they accepted some of their members are lazy and incompetent and give the vast majority of workers a bad name.
accessory Posted 8 July 2011 Author Posted 8 July 2011 What organisation, unionised or not, would put up with laziness or incompetence among its staff? Having worked at LRI (and also been a patient there) I know how dedicated and professional the workforce is.
Saxondale Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 Like all organisations the problem with the NHS is the overpaid idiots running the show at the top. However i do think the unions in this Country might get more support for their cause if they accepted some of their members are lazy and incompetent and give the vast majority of workers a bad name. The problem with the NHS is the same as the problem with all public bodies and corporate organisations. Everything is about governance, control, regulation and back-covering. This creates a massive demand for administrative practices, which in turn creates huge layers of bureaucratic management. This makes everything more expensive and less efficient. The NHS can't afford to not document everything because they turn their back for half a second and somebody's trying to sue them for negligence. It's a ridiculous situation, but it's difficult to see how it'll turn round.
Webbo Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 What organisation, unionised or not, would put up with laziness or incompetence among its staff? Do you actually live in this country?
FoxyPV Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 What organisation, unionised or not, would put up with laziness or incompetence among its staff? That's cheered me up. The unions are out to protect their interests, and if they can keep useless people in a job then they will gain more than if they let them get sacked. It is quite hard to sack a permanent member of staff for laziness/ uselessness if they are punctual/ don't take lots of sick leave/ generally behave in work. You have to prove that their position is no longer required in the interests of the business/ operation. We have two absolute mufflers in our office who can't be trusted to do thier own work to any standard (my boss is aware of this but his hands are tied because if he says they are not needed he can't advertise the positions or the company can be sued for wrongful dismissal)
Stevosevic Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 Steve has his first child at 23, i thought he would have played the field for a bit first....
Asha Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 The NHS on the whole are bloody good Yep. They've saved my life a few times.
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