[MD] NHS? No thanks

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Ant McWatt <antmcwatt at hotmail.co.uk>:

> Platt Holden quoted the Independent newspaper, Friday 13th 2007:
> 
> "Christopher Dorries, coroner for South-West Yorkshire, criticised the
> hospital and the GP deputising service Primecare, which he said were
> guilty of neglect."
> 
> Platt then concluded:
> 
> Some want a similar nationalized health system in the U.S.  With health
> care like this, thanks but no thanks.
> 
> Ant McWatt comments:
> 
> The GP deputising service (Primecare) mentioned in the Independent article 
> is private!
> 
> Note the first sentence from Primecare's website:
> 
> "Primecare is part of the Nestor Healthcare Group, the UK's number one 
> independent provider of personnel and service solutions to the fast-growing 
> health and social care market."
> 
> http://www.primecare.uk.net
> 
> 
> As Platt meant to say... privatised healthcare, thanks but no thanks!  :-)

Nice try, Ant. To repeat the headline and first sentence of the Independent
story:

"Neglectful' NHS told dying woman to take laxatives
By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor
Published: 13 April 2007

"A 36-year-old mother of four died in agony as a result of "gross" errors
by NHS staff made on two separate occasions, an inquest found."

Last time I looked, NHS means Britain's National Health Service, a socialized
system of government health care. 

Or perhaps I should no longer believe Jos Laycock that the Independent is
an example of professional, i.e., accurate journalism?






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