可以看看英國 2012 年的新聞
http://www.nownews.com/n/2012/11/16/366908
英國一名13歲男童索克特(Robbie Appleby-Socket)在學校和同學打鬧，不料手背竟遭一
支6吋長（約16公分）的木鉛筆狠狠插入手背，痛到受不了。索克特的媽媽連忙將兒子送
醫急救，但沒想到院方卻要他們「明天再來」，母子倆傻眼無助。
據外媒報導，索克特的右手背被一支筆頭削得尖銳的木鉛筆刺入，母親心疼送兒子到醫院
，心想只是要取出鉛筆，非動什麼大手術應該很快就能處理，沒想到院方給了止痛藥後，
要求手仍插著鉛筆的索克特先回家，明天再來動手術。
英文報導
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/schoolboy-with-pencil-stuck-in-hand-
robbie-1438554
縮 http://goo.gl/KQurMO
整理一下事情經過，大致如下：
這位13歲小弟Robbie Appleby-Socket；禮拜三下午在學校玩耍時候，不小心把鉛筆
插到手背。
The pencil became stuck in the 13-year-old's hand during a playfight at
his school in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, on Wednesday afternoon last week.
這位小弟被送到Doncaster Royal Infirmary醫院的急診室(Accident and
Emergency Department)，醫師會診了骨科醫師。
Robbie was seen by the A&E team, who were concerned and asked an orthopaedic
surgeon to assess him.
醫院預計隔天禮拜四早上幫這位小弟手術，同時開了些止痛藥，告訴他說可以回家休
息，同時半夜之後開始禁食。
“Robbie was listed for surgery the next morning
and sent home with painkillers to rest and fast overnight in preparation.
不幸的是，到了隔天早上，急診又突然來了許多受傷需要立即手術的病人，所以這位
小弟的手術被延遲了
“Unfortunately due to a number of very urgent cases
requiring immediate trauma surgery Robbie’s operation was postponed.
醫院再次告訴他回家等候電話通知手術。
When he returned with mum Emma they were sent home again and told to wait
for a phone call to reschedule the surgery.
這位母親立刻帶他到20里外的醫院，那裏的醫院立即手術。
She took Robbie 20 miles to Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield where they
operated immediately.
之後他住院打了兩天抗生素。
He was then put on an antibiotic drip for two days in case the wound had
become infected.

英國公共醫療，沒叫你等一週算是很快的惹