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Written by Simon Harvey   
Friday, 10 August 2007

Like the website lots of stories are probably exagerated now. It probably adds to the magic of the tale (sometimes). Here are a few from Gib - names removed for a variety of reasons but you know may recognise them?

A few dits about the days in Gib when the good ideas club shutdown the Hospital to see if we could set up an MDHU at St Bernards.

In the late nineties we (MA and Nurses) at RNH Gibraltar had been carrying out some resus training in the Casualty of B block. It was decided between the 3 of us ( an irish nurse now a Sir , a big bearded POMA ? and MAQ with a famous Aunty) to see if we could get a little reaction from some members of the locally raised militia (Gib regiment), by placing the resus dummy in a body bag with the zip half open and carry it past them dropping it half way with the arm falling out.  This had the required affect and cleared the waiting room with much "ai carumba!".

Using the ceremonial shovel to bury a Hospital Cat and quickly wiping the mud off it before a formal VIP visit.

Driving down to Europa point in the ambulance after taking someone to St Bernards in the small hours.  As we approached we could see the little vans as the smugglers collected their gains, I thought it would be amusing to hit the blue light much to the  surprise of the smugglers who froze for a second then scattered. The driver (local) nearly had a heart attack as his cousins were out that night (surprising in GIb!) with him swearing away and the MA in the back rolling around the floor laughing.

Collecting a little old lady from the top floor of the flats in the Laguna (probably why the Police asked us to do the job).  Carrying her down stairs to be met by the excitable family and onlookers. A bit of a melee ensued before we could get her into the ambulance and drive off with what I think are two relatives sat next to her. She cannot speak much English so,  I ask the relatives to translate.  They both look at me blankly, and tell they don't speak English either and she is not related; they were neighbours interested in what was going on!  At St Bernards all the family have arrived and we cannot get the ambulance near to the door, so this little old lady is  passed over the cars in a cross between the chuckle brothers and a catholic parade of the Madonna. Lots of learning from that one!


Simon Harvey
About the author:

Joined 1981 as JMAII - transferred to Steward -  Zulu,Intrepid,Diomede,814 NAS then Dulverton.  Transferred back to MA with the help of Tony Harrington after the Gulf war.  Served in medical Branch -  Haslar, Marlborough, Nelson, RNH Gibraltar, Cornwall, Yeovilton, FOST MPV and then Culdrose.

Left as CPOMA in August 05 - now working on drilling rig in North sea.



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