General Chat

Would you have acted differently?

"Shoppers walked past a dying man as he lay helpless on the pavement.

The man, in his 50s, was slumped outside a busy row of shops in Eastfield Road, Peterborough, for nearly two hours before someone finally came to his aid.

A passer-by eventually dialled 999 after approaching the man to see if he needed help.

Good Samaritan Tony Poll said he felt disgusted that the man had been left there for so long and blasted shoppers for having 'no regard for human life'. "


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1280887/Dying-man-left-pavement-hours-shoppers-walk-him.html#ixzz0orrpl9DW

Are 'we' too busy to care? or just too scared?

I would help Rose, someone stopped and called an ambulance for me some years ago and without her doing that who knows what would have happened!

Sue x

I would have helped Rose
doesn't take a minute to phone for an Ambulance
Jenxx

I think is terrible that people ignore something like this.I can understand in a way that they may have thought he was drunk or a druggie .But I can never walk away .Twice I have helped someone whilst watching everyone else just look and walk on by.One was an elderly man who I saw collapse on a pavement.I pulled up (on the other side of the road)and left Mum who had Dementia in the car.I had to actually wave my arm at the traffic to get someone else to stop and at least ring for an ambulance.It was 2 young men in a White van who came to help me and they even got a cushion for the man to put his head on.I was disgusted that people were just sat queued at the traffic lights just looking.
The other time was a local tramp who had toppled over into a rubbish bin and cut his head badly.Again people just looked and carried on their way.
I pulled him out and sat him down and then had to ask staff from a shop who were just stood in the doorway to call an ambulance.Yes he was dirty and a bit whiffy ,but he was a human being.

Yes i would have helped.
and have done in the past .
But i find that people dont want to get involved
they are either frightened to, or just dont have the time
so they say .....but how can anyone just pass by and NOT help .
i asked a lady for help with a person who had fainted , sorry she said my bus is here and off she went . i cant tell you what i said to her !!!!!!
Hazelx

MY HUSBAND, WHO DOES HAVE SEVERE ARTHRITIS,BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY A HEART CONDITION ALSO..It is by no means a laughing matter, but several times over many years , he has collapsed at the checkout
till ..Since we moved house we do find shopping very difficult and despite all the things you do to ensure an easy shopping outing,I cannot praise thesupermarkets enough for their IMMEDIATE CARE.i am sure they all have in place a safety care plan. I must say that Jim has been very selective.
On each occasion, he has managed to get to the checkout Ist time was in SAINSBURYs in Cornwall. I heard thr story later after he had been sent to hospital in an ambulence On arrival at Accident and Emergency later,after a call from the manager and from the hospital,I visited the ward ,to be greeted by jokes from the staff who had not only recieved my husband, but also all the shopping which was sent to hospital with him
This week he is recovering from a similar episode in Waitrose where he was superbly looked after by the staff, but also it was found that the man in the queue behind him was a hospital trained first aider,In next to no time he had been expertly lfted diagnosed and sent to hospital where he remained for several days....It is not just the carrying of shopping that causes problems but the long standing etc I can say this though he has always recieved all the attention needed in emergency situations..I can unerstand to some degree why people stand helplessly by IT is nor everyone that can render first aid But we need to puy orself in the position of the helpless one.WE should not be prepared to put someones like at risk by hovering around, or passing by on the other side Nor,in my opinion should we be willing to:pass by.A red embarrassed face is a small thing to suffer and rather get help then pass by on he other side...Far better be a good samaritan than pass by Marian

I have many years ago phoned 999 to what could have been a drunk fallen over a wall. The chap had had a heart attack and had been ignored.
I also nearly lost a barman because people didn't phone 999 when my barman passed out because his heart stopped and fell over the wall from sight, it was only another customer passing by saw him and knowing who he was woke me.

On the otherhand I have also tried to help and been spat at by drunks. I think it's a difficult decision to make. Most people walk on by if they think they are degenarates and trying to decide who is or isn't, so most say that they are and walk on by.

Marian I would rather be a do gooder than let some one die but it isn't easy for many people

Yes I would help. As part of my job I have to do first aid training every 12 months. If basic first aid was taught in schools as part of the national curriculum then I am sure more lives would be saved and more people would be inclined to help.

I have been told that in Switzerland, it is a criminal offence to walk away from an accident. Everyone is taught basic first aid.

Years ago my bruv -in law commited suicide, I don't think he meant to do it and in a way it was in his favour that it wotked.

BUT he was seen curled up under the hedge crying. Why didn't they report it.
So my bruv-in-law was seen by not 1 but 5 people. that tells me he picked an area where he should have been found. He didn't want to die.
But he picked an area where they all walked passed a seemingly drunk in the hedge and left him.

I do walk past some people but not all.

That doesn't make me good it make's me as bad as those who walk past

I cudn't walk past someone hurt, injured or dyin ~ even if I didn't like them x I did my gud samaratan bit on sat but not puttin on will tell folks in pm if they wish x

ref helping someone who is ill
Our shopping is delivered right to our apartment by a very
nice young man from Waitrose.Infact right into our kitchen.We are now unable to carry much and it really is wonderful to shop for it..pay for it go to the coffee shop in the store and later on have it delivered right into the kitchen,,Not only by a very pleasant young man,but who will offer to carry the heavy stuff to a store cupboard. I do not really know how we would manage were it not for this service.All your adult life is spent carrying loads of one kind or another,and older folk are mainly grumpy..not because it is their nature, but because they are not as mobile as they once were.and certain things are difficult
ie carrying loads.These delivery services are great.and I know we would be sunk without it.It really warms my heart
to receive the kindness and help that we get MARIAN