hi friends ,up date on my broken wrist , 8:30 Monday morning I arrived at hospital for x ray ,sat waiting for hours left at 11:30 , went to Dr's office sat waiting to be squeezed in 1pm saw DR and was sent to specialist same story had to sit waiting [ was told not to eat or drink , in case I was sent straight to theatre , so also hadn't had any medication] saw specialist at around 2pm, was told I needed to have wrist pulled and a cast put on , told I would have to be booked into hospital but has there were no beds available , I would have to sit at reception and wait , after much whining on my part , the DR agreed I could go home and have a banana and some juice , and the hospital would phone me when a bed was ready , sat waiting till 7pm decided I really had , had enough and made supper , a lovely coffee and pain medication , because I had been in agony all day , climbed into bed at around 8:15 exhausted , the hospital phoned at 8:30 pm and said they now have a bed available , at which time I threw all my toys out of the cot and told them , I wasn't prepared to be jerked around anymore thank you very much. short story , the Specialist phoned me the next day at 4:30 and told me he was really worried and if I came to his office he could put a cast on , when I got there his receptionist gave me a prescription to take to the hospital pharmacy , for the cast , go to pharmacy and was told they were out of stock , and that I would have to go to casualty and be booked in , but would have to wait for a bed !,well friends you have no idea what a volcano of anger erupted from me ! normally a very easy going lady , got ushered through to casualty and a cast was put on in 15min flat. got a phone call today from reception at specialist , asked how my wrist was feeling and also they don't except medical aids so could I come in and pay the R350. which I came claim back from my medical aid. 4 days to get a cast , 5 min to get the bill.