Here’s an expample of government run health care:
The Daily News Reports:
School nurses mistakenly gave the swine flu vaccine to two students who didn’t sign up for it – including a Brooklyn girl with epilepsy who wound up in the hospital.
“I was outraged,” Naomi Troy, 26, told the Daily News after her 6-year-old daughter, Nikiyah Torres-Pierre, had a possible allergic reaction to the shot.
Officials at Public School 335 in Crown Heights called an ambulance to take Nikiyah to SUNY Downstate Medical Center when she fell ill following the arm jab.
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The Nurses Union blames the city for this bungle:
Officials admitted on Friday that a third student was mistakenly given the swine flu vaccine – an error the school nurses union blamed on the city.
“Nurses are not getting the support they need,” said Judith Arroyo, president of Local 436, District Council 37, adding that the union had warned of problems.
“We don’t like it when we’re right, because usually when we’re right someone does get hurt somewhere along the way.”
City officials countered that nurses have received “excellent support.”
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