24 hours in a and e

[kittysailing]

Anyone watching to tonight? The little 8 year old who fell off the diving board is such a poppet. They look like a local family. Hope shes okay. Anyone know?

[Saffron]

I only caught part of the episode, but here's more info online. I didn't realise when watching that they were local. Article says South London, but doesn't list a burough. Looks like she's ok. Hope all continues well for them. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2324998/24-Hours-A-E-Mothers-anguish-doctors-treat-girl-8-fall-high-diving-board.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

[tallulah71]

It's set in King's A&E, Camberwell....

[EDmummy]

Kings is a trauma centre. They could have come from anywhere South of the river to Kent and beyond. Certainly didn't recognise the diving pool they showed her in. It's not Crystal Palace. Bromley? New Cross?

What does 'looking local' mean?

[kittysailing]

Ha ! They had a wide shot of the street and it looked like ED type houses! And they were middle class and had kids! Wild guess!

[Chunksmum]

They are a local family in south London but not certain if from Dulwich. Apparently the little girl is doing well (came across a post about them on mums page on Facebook).

[Carbonara]

I love 24 Hours in A&E. The staff are simply marvellous. All credit to them - I am grateful to know that they are there, doing what they do.

But why is the Daily Mail padding itself out making a whole feature which parrots the content of the programme? Did a feature writer or jounalist get paid for relating the TV programme verbatim? No additional research, nothing. Shockingly lazy and useless rag!

[Jessie]

also daily mail refer to the doctor as a 'he' throughout the article, when it was quite obviously a she!

[Pugwash]

As I work in Kings most of the time I enjoy watching A & E and spotting people that I know ( colleagues and patients).

However one colleague informed me that the down side of the programme is that more minor accidents are coming to A & E to see if they can get on the programme. Increase in those who should have gone to GP surgery but probably could not get an appointment.