Karma and the UK's National Health Service

[anthonyvop]

If it was so tragic i would be laughing.

Instant karma’s gonna get you: Former British health director dies after operation canceled four times

April 3, 2011 · 5 comments

Remember when the Democrats said ObamaCare would give all Americans the kind of government-operated healthcare that’s available to the British? That’s exactly what we’re afraid of.

The Daily Mail UK explains what critics of ObamaCare were talking about:
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Poor Margaret Hutchon died of a severe case of government healthcare

A former NHS director died after waiting for nine months for an operation – at her own hospital.

Margaret Hutchon, a former mayor, had been waiting since last June for a follow-up stomach operation at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, Essex.

But her appointments to go under the knife were cancelled four times and she barely regained consciousness after finally having surgery.

Her devastated husband, Jim, is now demanding answers from Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust – the organisation where his wife had served as a non-executive member of the board of directors.

He said: ‘I don’t really know why she died. I did not get a reason from the hospital. We all want to know for closure. She got weaker and weaker as she waited and operations were put off.’

To repeat: A former Director of the Great Britain’s National Health Service died when her operation was canceled four times at her own hospital. John Lennon summed up this situation perfectly:

Instant Karma’s gonna get you,
Gonna knock you right on the head,
You better get yourself together,
Pretty soon you’re gonna be dead

Source: DailyMail UK

http://www.ihatethemedia.com/former-...led-four-times

[BDunnell]

If it was so tragic i would be laughing.

I was going to say that I think you mean 'If it wasn't so tragic'. But on reflection I'm not so sure.

[Malbec]

Typical Daily Mail article.

Why were the procedures cancelled? If it was due to logistical reasons she'd have skipped to the head of the queue and her procedure would have been performed within a week of her cancellation. Given that the article mentions her weakened state her op was most likely cancelled repeatedly as she represented a high anaesthetic risk.

Again, selective reporting by the Daily Mail with a refusal to clarify exactly why the procedures were delayed, most likely because it didn't fit their agenda.

[BDunnell]

Typical Daily Mail article.

Why were the procedures cancelled? If it was due to logistical reasons she'd have skipped to the head of the queue and her procedure would have been performed within a week of her cancellation. Given that the article mentions her weakened state her op was most likely cancelled repeatedly as she represented a high anaesthetic risk.

Again, selective reporting by the Daily Mail with a refusal to clarify exactly why the procedures were delayed, most likely because it didn't fit their agenda.

How dare you come on here and offer a reasoned opinion based on experience of the subject.

[Rollo]

If it was so tragic i would be laughing.

To clarify: By his own admission, Mr Vop "would" think that it's funny to be laughing over the deaths of people.

Maybe this is apt:
“People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I think that's it's safe to let people draw their own conclusions.

[Bob Riebe]

Quite. I got as far as the words Daily Mail and decided to put my laptop down and read my wifes Heat magazine instead.

Herer is another link:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti....html?ITO=1490

It is rather pathetic when peoples only response to a new article is to attack the source regardless of reality. Bigots do that alot.

[Bob Riebe]

Why have no other news sources even reported her death?

[BDunnell]

Why have no other news sources even reported her death?

Factually untrue. It was reported in the local press in Essex.

[markabilly]

Typical Daily Mail article.

Why were the procedures cancelled? If it was due to logistical reasons she'd have skipped to the head of the queue and her procedure would have been performed within a week of her cancellation. Given that the article mentions her weakened state her op was most likely cancelled repeatedly as she represented a high anaesthetic risk.

Again, selective reporting by the Daily Mail with a refusal to clarify exactly why the procedures were delayed, most likely because it didn't fit their agenda.

Good guessing, wow, for someone who never met or treated her.
Or were you her doctor or some other member of the medical community who killed her?

[Jag_Warrior]

Silly woman! She should have come to the U.S. so she could have been denied treatment (unless she had good private insurance or lots of cash) right from the start. See, that way, she and her family wouldn't have needlessly gotten their hopes up.

That's what makes this the greatest dang country on earth! Unless you're dirt poor and can get on Medicaid, are old and can get on Medicare, are rich and can foot the bill yourself or have a private insurance plan and you won't exceed your annual or lifetime limits... you can spend your remaining days with your family. Why waste time begging doctors and hospitals to treat you, when all they see when they look at you is a lease payment on their BMW 750/Mercedes S Class?

There, that's my happy thought to start the month of April.