A junior doctor who says he was the only one looking after 100 cancer patients during a shift has launched a scathing attack on UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
Rich Bowman, from Birmingham, expressed his anger at the British Health Secretary after Hunt said he would impose a new contract on thousands of junior doctors in England.
In his Facebook post, which has been shared more than 29,000 times, Bowman said “screw you Jeremy Hunt” as he described looking after acutely ill patients.
He wrote: “Last night I was the sole doctor on site caring for over 100 patients who were acutely unwell with complications from their cancer. Some couldn’t breathe, some were fighting overwhelming infections with literally no immune system, one had bleeding in their head, one had a blockage in their bowels.
“If I made a mistake because I was tired, any one of these patients could’ve died.
“Every cancer patient in the south Birmingham region has a direct line to call for advice or help. Eleven new unwell patients arrived and I assessed and treated them too.
“There was not a single manager in the whole hospital. Last night, I ran the oncology service for the whole south Birmingham region from inside the biggest teaching hospital in Europe.
“Apparently I have no transferable skills to find a different job.”
Bowman, 27, said he works 60 hours a week but is paid for 48 and earns £18 per hour.
“Apparently I lack vocation, I’m overpaid and I need to work harder,” he said.
“Screw you Jeremy Hunt. We never asked for thanks. All we do is for our patients, how dare you try and turn them against us. All of this is your government’s fault. Well you’ve picked a fight with the wrong crowd.
“Go on, announce imposition, and just see what the most resilient, driven, passionate, intelligent group of people in Britain do next. Bring it on.”
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Jeremy is useless and just talks and does nothing. I am a nurse and it is ridiculous that we are always understaffed and underpaid. The agencies make more money and we do all the work!
In my opinion, he should be sacked. I am a junior doctor and we are being ignored despite the fact there is a quite a large shortage of NHS doctors. To add insult upon injury, you are expected to work extra weekends for peanuts.