Pay attention America - the ´future of socialized medicine´ is here. Orwell wept.

I realize that this is NHS of Britain, but why on earth are these medical people getting away with killing patients? Just because their medical system is regulated, doesn´t give these doctors a free pass when it comes to ignoring proper medical care for patients. Some of these medicos need to go down, big time. Or better yet, become long term patients so they can get personal experience of what they are doing to people.

Poor kid.

I guess he didn´t meet the approval of the Death Panels. But don´t worry, folks - - our Death Panels will be much, much nicer.

Shades of Dickensian workhouses - get the government out of anything where life depends on good people to do good things.

Coming to your hospital...

A preview of our own 0bamacare.

British doctors and nurses are not monsters, they are human, but this is what happens to humanity under the socialist plague, and Obama has infected America with it.

Won´t never ever never ever never happen under [cue Heavenly Choir -- "Mmmmmm!!! Mmmmmm!!! Mmmmmm!!!"] Obamacare.

Obama would have him "just take a pill"
instead of a diagnosis.

Does anyone remember the flap over the past few years, when NHS hospitals forced nurses to remove any jewelry displaying a cross?

Our newest granddaughter was born last July 4th. After about 6 hours my daughter and SIL noticed a rhythmic motion of her right arm.

During the next 12 hours she had her blood sugar tested, saw a neonatolgist, got a spinal tap then a CT which showed that a stroke had occurred inutero.

She was transferred to a high level NICU, saw a pediatric neurologist. Was given an MRI, MRA and MRV to check for more clots in the entire brain, veins an arteries. She was then seen by a pediatric hematologist, and pediatric physical and occupational therapists.

They determined that it was a clot that had traveled to the brain rather than a brain bleed. The damaged caused would be wait and see.

That morning against my better judgement I Googled infant strokes. Some news was encouraging...some was not. I did read a comment from a mother whose child was having seizures and the doctor was thinking stroke but....her MRI appointment was in 3 WEEKS. Yep...it was in the UK.

Early diagnosis was vital our granddaughter especially if clotting was an issue.

Our kids are not rich, Blue Cross/Blue Shield for insurance. It only took 12 hours to ease our minds and begin treatment for seizures. Will we continue to get this kind of care??? No.

Very happy to say that with early PT she is happy, healthy, on schedule developmentally off of he seizue meds, and no impairments expected.

This is what happens with socialized medicine. They failed to diagnose the cancer over a series of 4 hospital visits over a 7 month period of vomiting and daily headaches. When they finally found the tumor it was the size of a tangerine. They removed the tumor but did not check for a possible regrowth. When it regrew, it took them 2 more months to discover it again. I would bet that the hospital actually has a relatively good "score" obtained by carefully setting performance standards and checking all the boxes. Too bad all those patients had to die to show there were real problems.

This has been going on for a long time, are they going to ´investigate´ forever or actually do something to improve care ?

This may sound racist, but I wonder how many NHS doctors are educated (receive their MD´s) in third world countries?

#2. I have noticed my husband´s Yorkshire relatives are very passive about holding government people accountable - unless it´s when conservatives hold power. Generations now of socialized medicine and they still will stick up for it to the end. The Royals know how awful it is, for certain. However, they will say nothing. Since the upper class doesn´t ever have to use it, the situation isn´t likely to change. My Yorkshire relatives have never ever used it in their lives.

...forgot to say Amen #7.