Witnessed an amusing exchange between two of our nurses this lunchtime. One is tall, somewhat rotund female and black, the other is short, seasoned, male and Sri Lankan.
Large black nurse comes out of the kitchen behind the nurses station with much gesticulation at diminutive, elderly Sri Lankan Nurse:
- WHY YOU PUT DEM MAGGOTS IN DA FRIIIIGE HUH?
- dee maggots needs to be keeping cold
- MY LONCH is in da friidge youknowwhaamsayin??
- please, I put dee maggots nowhere near your lunch!
- Oh. Nu-uh. You put dem on da shelf ABOVV my lonch.
- maybe thees is true, but its no problem.
- Oh, I tink it be a problemm - they was in a TESCOBAG
- please, what is dee problem with a Tesco bag?
- My LONCH was in a Tescobag. I open da Tescobag and I tink Oh. Da maggots has eaten my LONCH!
Turns out we have a patient with a particularly nasty sacral bedsore. The NHS, perhaps as part of cost-cutting manoeuvres, has begun to resort to medieval management of such ailments and as such 'maggot therapy' is becoming more widely used within our hospitals. As they only eat necrotic tissue, they are in fact extremely effective at removing rotten flesh without damaging healthy tissue, thus allowing wounds to heal cleanly. Apparently, they need to be kept cool before use.
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