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My hospital stay ( March 2O25)

  The privilege of being cared for in an NHS Hospital, a mint service with a hole in the middle.   For the last week I have been under the care of an NHS hospital as an inpatient. Due to my bad luck and/or my own negligence I fell from a great height whilst walking with a good friend and three thirty somethings from his own family to celebrate his 70th birthday,. My experience this week should give hope to  us all   I landed conscious and was lucky enough to be caught by a tree/shrub (the week has had its  Humorous moments and perhaps the first was my reflection on the fact that my T Shirt had the increasingly well known ‘May the Forest be With You ‘ phrase on it)   My companions immediately rose to the task. Two came down to be with me whilst the others rang 999. It was agreed to send an Air Ambulance whilst a clear and categorical instruction was given that under no circumstances was I allowed to move. My head was held in position and my legs supported fr...