Tuesday, March 24, 2009

We too can have this excellent standard of care

The British government has been forced to apologize to "patients" of Stafford Hospital in England, which is part of the National Health Service, after absolutely horrendous conditions were uncovered there:

"Between 400 and 1,200 more people died than would have been expected in a three-year period at the National Health Service (NHS) hospital"

Here's how the daughter of one patient described what she personally observed there while camping out to make sure her mother was properly cared for in her last days, because no one employed at that obscene abattoir was going to help in any way:

"'What we saw in those eight weeks will haunt us for the rest of our lives,' said the 47-year-old. 'We saw patients drinking out of flower vases they were so thirsty.'

'There were patients wandering around the hospital and patients fighting. It was continuous through the night. Patients were screaming out in pain because you just could not get pain relief.'

'It was like a Third World country hospital. It was an absolute disgrace.'"

The article naturally doesn't mention anyone losing their jobs or being charged criminally over the lack of care at the facility that basically amounted to killing patients because of neglect, only quoting hand-wringing high-up muckety-mucks expressing regret over the appalling conditions, but not detailing in any way just what they're going to do to fix them.

Just think - we too can have this sort of high-quality medical care as well. All we need to do is follow the Messiah's directive and accept the yoke of nationalized health care being put around our necks, as well.

Are you ready for a Stafford Hospital near you?

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