Better to be a tourist than a patient

By Lisa Farrar Wellman

I love the UK. I’ve been there twice. I can’t get over the history, the beauty, the little red mailboxes. I mean, it’s great. London is one of my favorite cities in the world, in fact. I just have no intention of ever being there when I’m feeling feeble.

Apparently, in what the liberals would have you believe is the Promised Land of Health Care, Britain doesn’t have enough maternity beds to go around. In 2008, 4,000 women gave birth to their babies in really hygienic, safe locations like elevators, toilets and random hallways. Health officials readily admit part of the problem is that their hospitals are full. Maternity units turned away 553 moms-to-be last year because they simply couldn’t handle anymore. What blows my mind, is that Prime Minister Gordon Brown tripled spending on NHS. Throwing money at a problem isn’t fixing the situation? I’m sure American liberals are just at a loss for words over this development. (Or they’ll continue to ignore the facts as is their habit).

Mark Wattson, a 35-year-old Brit had his appendix taken out but weeks later had to be raced back to the hospital. He was in agonizing pain and was told (by the same team of surgeons who performed his appendectomy) that in fact, his appendix was still inside him and had ruptured. Obviously, Mr. Wattson was surprised to hear his appendix was still present in his body and he wondered what organ had been removed the previous month?

“I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. I told these people I had my appendix out just four weeks earlier but there it was on the scanner screen for all to see. ‘I thought, “What the hell did they slice me open for in the first place?”
My question exactly, Mr. Wattson. Now this poor man has endured three hospital visits for the same problem (after the second surgery, his incision became infected and he had to go back) and he lost his job because his employers didn’t believe his twice-used excuse that his appendix had to be removed. Normally, that just happens once, you see.

Paul Gearing, deputy general manager for general surgery at Great Western Hospital NHS Trust, apologized to Mr. Wattson, “We would like to apologize if Mr Wattson felt dissatisfied with the care he received at Great Western Hospital.” If he felt dissatisfied?

The stories just keep bubbling to the surface. The Community Organizer in Chief and his cronies in Congress desperately wanted to pass their version of health care reform before the August recess to lessen the time for accounts like Mr.Wattson’s to surface. Their idea is to ram legislation through and hope that We The People continue to hit the snooze button and simply not notice what they’re up to while “representing” our interests.

England is a lovely place to visit. I highly recommend it but whatever you do, don’t get sick while you’re there and don’t let socialists run health care at home.

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