Another English socialized medicine "success" story

British subject Mark Wattson recently had his appendix removed at a National Health Service hospital.

"Doctors told him the operation was a success and he was sent home."

Roughly three weeks later, his appendix ruptured, and he was rushed to the same hospital to have an emergency operation to remove it.

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(To be completely fair, a very small percentage of people [1 in 100,000, according to our online colleague Scott Jordan, who called our attention to this story] have two of the organs, but that doesn't appear to be the case in this incident. Nope, this was just good ol' fashioned medical incompetence.)

"A spokesman for Great Western Hospital confirmed that a representative had met Mr Wattson and that an investigation had been started.

He was unable to confirm what, if anything, was removed in the first operation."

We sure hope they inform Mr. Wattson once they figure out what they took out from him the first time, as he might need his unknown missing body part at some point in his future.

To make matters worse, Mr. Wattson was fired from his job because his bosses suspected he was faking his first surgery, since he ended up giving them two doctor's notes for the same condition to explain his time off, so he's now unemployed. He's also in a lot of physical pain as well, as the life-threatening rupture caused him to have a lot of complications, including a third surgery to treat an infection at his incision site.

One more little tidbit is given at the end of the article:

• Compensation payments to NHS patients have risen by 20 per cent in the last year to a record high of £769million.

At this rate more than £2million a day is being paid over claims against the Health Service. (Emphasis mine)

Yet the Messiah incredibly claims that the exact same system, once it's imposed upon the peasants here in America, will somehow actually end up saving us money, in direct contrast to everywhere else in the world socialized medicine has been implemented.

Umm, how, exactly?

And, more importantly, does anyone wish for themself or their loved ones to receive the same sort of substandard care that was given to this patient?

One thing's for sure - since his care was "free", it appears that Mr. Wattson got exactly what he paid for.