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When I was coming home tonight out of Thurso the road was closed by the Dunbar Hospital, Police said there'd been a serious accident between there and the halkirk turn - anyone got any further info?
melted_wellie
17-Jan-06, 20:56
When I was coming home tonight out of Thurso the road was closed by the Dunbar Hospital, Police said there'd been a serious accident between there and the halkirk turn - anyone got any further info?no,sorry,funky dunky will be on later tho,we'll get all the info we need then
misty woman
17-Jan-06, 21:14
one person was airlifted to raigmore and one person was taken to caithness general.
pedromcgrory
17-Jan-06, 21:55
check www.hi-ways.org normally on there
I get the bus home from school.. Yeah there was a dude airlifted there takin photos the now and cleaning up still i think one minute * looks out bedroom windoe * its all clear now about 10 mins ago!
Zeb.. anyone know what happened to the dudes... Cause the air craft was landed on the Road!... I thought seen as they got so close might of been Spinal injuries!
Apopligies for spelling, I'm dislexic
moose and Lindsay
17-Jan-06, 22:28
My,it must of been really bad coz it happened at 3pm
This is the report from the police on www.hi-ways.org as metioned by pedromcgory
NORTHERN CONSTABULARY
About 1500 hors on Tuesday, 17th January, 2006, a serious road traffic accident occured when a Peugeot 106 car collided with a Vauxhall Astra car on the B874 road at Glengolly Junction, Thurso.Both drivers (sole occupants) were trapped for a while before being removed to hospital.
The female driver of the Peugeot car was removed by air ambulance to Raigmore Hospital, Inverness for treatment to serious injuries. The male driver of the other vehicle was removed to Caithness General Hospital for treatment to serious injuries also.
Tugmistress
17-Jan-06, 23:10
sorry to be thick here, but it says both had serious injuries so why the different hospitals? ( though i would assume the female more serious than the male as she went to raigmore) or would it be to do with accident investigation? genuinly curious here, sorry, and i hope they are both ok :)
sorry to be thick here, but it says both had serious injuries so why the different hospitals? ( though i would assume the female more serious than the male as she went to raigmore) or would it be to do with accident investigation? genuinly curious here, sorry, and i hope they are both ok :)
I suppose some injuries can't be treated in Wick so it depends on the severity and the skills needed.
teddybear1873
17-Jan-06, 23:57
My,it must of been really bad coz it happened at 3pm
why does have to be really bad if it happened at 3pm, if it had happened at 4pm would it have have been really good. anyway i know people on here are anxious and very keen to find out if there ok or how much info they can get but lets have a bit of respect for the families involved...We dont need gossip going around on these boards about how bad a car accident is, all accidents are bad
connieb19
17-Jan-06, 23:58
why does have to be really bad if it happened at 3pm, if it had happened at 4pm would it have have been really good. anyway i know people on here are anxious and very keen to find out if there ok or how much info they can get but lets have a bit of respect for the families involved...We dont need gossip going around on these boards about how bad a car accident is, all accidents are badWell said Teddybear... this is not really the place to be discussing this!! :~(
I was an accident ...apparently and I don’t feel bad about it at all
smith2585
18-Jan-06, 00:22
well thats ur choice if u want to speak about your crash but u wudna be so smart if other people were speakin about it
these people r in hospital and seriously injuried and i know for sure they wont appreiciate all this talkin about there buisness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think you misconstrued what I was saying there. I was trying to lighten it and not speak about others miss fortunes at all . which you are absolutely right and should be discussed here
The comment was in response to Teddybears “ All accidents are bad”
The accident I referred didn’t involve vehicles just two people many years ago. Read it literally.. (I didnt mention crash)
teddybear1873
18-Jan-06, 00:49
think what wizzbang ment smith2585 was just to enlighten the moment, he said "he" was an accident as in at birth lol or something like that not in an accident
different hospitals specialise in different injuries. for example, someone with a serious head injury would go to Aberdeen Infirmary, other serious injuries would go to Raigmore, but most go to wick to be treated before transfer to Raigmore, eg broken limbs, this is mostly because we dont have the scans needed for serious injuries in Caithness/Sutherland. hence the need for support for the ct scan to be in wick.
smith2585
18-Jan-06, 02:46
well i dont care as far as i am concerned i dont want ppl talkin about people i know without there say
no offence
I couldn't agree more Fran. I was in Caithness General two years ago. The reason would only bore everybody.
When I was taken in the problem was only slight but within 24 hours there was a sudden worsening.
The illness was one where a CT scan within the first 24 hours, i.e. the sooner the better because there are two possible causes, is deemed to be very necessary in order start treatment ASAP.
Until the cause is known treatment cannot be started because each treatment is the exact opposite of the other and if the wrong one is chosen the result can be massive permanent damage.
With the original extent, and had treatment been started within the 24 hours I would probable have been home in a few days.
I ended up being hospitalised for over three weeks.
I don't know how much it costs to keep a patient in Hospital for three weeks but I am certainly glad I didn't get the bill.
All that, due to not having a scanner. It was four days before I was taken for a day out to Raigmore at more expense.
There were patients in Raigmore who were waiting for beds in Wick in order to be nearer home but were unable to return for lack of beds.
Additional expense for visiting family members. That expense will never show up on any official figures.
I'm sure that mine is anything but an unusual case, similar things must happen fairly often with the same knock on effects.
I know the Helicopter covers many places other than Caithness but I believe it costs five or six million every year and rising.
Better facilities at Wick could well save a lot of expensive emergency helicopter transfers. (I only needed an Ambulance trip :~( )
A scanner in Wick would probable be paid for by savings from all the shipments between here and Inverness.
Tugmistress
18-Jan-06, 08:22
Thanks for the explanation fran :)
and as i said in an earlier post, hope the people involved are ok.
Bakerbhoy
18-Jan-06, 12:01
Not being funny or anything but these people who are going on about not discussing the accident etc, can they not read the title ? If it offends you then why are you reading and replying to this thread? Sheer curiosity I would say. It is only human nature to be curious when something happens!!
attidude9464
18-Jan-06, 12:10
The gentleman involved in the accident was taken to Caithness General Hospital, where he was treated for a fractured sternum (breastbone). The woman was airlifted to Raigmore with serious leg injuries. I hope they both make a full and quick recovery
Can I just remind people that the Thurso police are looking for witnessess to this accident and that anyone with information should call 893222
moose and Lindsay
18-Jan-06, 13:11
why does have to be really bad if it happened at 3pm, if it had happened at 4pm would it have have been really good. anyway i know people on here are anxious and very keen to find out if there ok or how much info they can get but lets have a bit of respect for the families involved...We dont need gossip going around on these boards about how bad a car accident is, all accidents are bad
I didn't mean anything bad like that, i was just stating 6hrs to clear up after an accident..............Thats all!!!
porshiepoo
18-Jan-06, 15:42
I don't think people should have a problem with it personally.
This forum is a caithness community forum and should be used as such.
One of the good things is that people can get the facts about these things much easier on here (sometimes anyway) therefore preventing too much of the old rumor mill. I was warned once that what people up here don't know, they'll make up. while I personally can't say I've had any experience of that, this caithness forum is a good way of letting the community know the facts about what exactly is happening here.
Have to keep it respectful though. Asking for info is one thing, cracking jokes (as happened in other topics) or feeding the rumor mill is completely disrespectful and unnecessary.
Jaws, I agree with all you say, that is why i am fighting for the scanner at wick. If you worked out the number of people flown/driven to RIGMORE OR ABERDEEN, YOU WOULD BE AMAZED, AND I MEAN DAILY, for instance, renal patients. stroke patients. childen, eye problems, broken bones, cancer patients,suspected blood clot patients, and i could go on and on. also because we dont have consultants, patients must go to Raigmore, because we dont have scans and other equipment patients go to raigmore, because we dont have a paedeatric nurse or childrens ward, all children must go to Raigmore. eg to get tonsils out etc.
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