| With the dismal dawning of the Age of Obamacare, | | | | and were affectionately called "Land Girls." |
| the multiple horrors of the UK's version of health care | | | | This particular Land Girl, honored by Brit PM Gordon |
| presage what lies ahead in our medical and custodial | | | | Brown for her "loyal and devoted service," was |
| lives. | | | | dishonored by the NHS in her final days and hours. |
| The United Kingdom's National Health Service, the NHS, | | | | "Helpless and confused after suffering a stroke, the |
| has been in place for some 62 years now; its birth and | | | | 84-year-old was left dehydrated, hungry and lying in |
| implementation were not merely coincidental with the | | | | her own faeces in a hospital bed for six hours. |
| decline of Great Britain as one of the world's great | | | | Relatives claim overworked nurses had ignored her:" |
| powers. | | | | The Luton and Dunstable Hospital was a "flagship" |
| It's becoming tedious writing about the NHS and its | | | | NHS facility. |
| regularly-occurring tales of malpractice and mispractice, | | | | Carol Savage, age 50, was a mental patient with |
| long wait times for critical care, the monumental | | | | known suicidal tendencies at the misnamed "secure" |
| expense, its disorganization, etc. | | | | Runwell Hospital in Essex, England. |
| However, with the narrow passage last month of | | | | On July 5th, 2004, after escaping from Runwell, |
| Obama's legacy bill and with the possibility of repealing | | | | Savage threw herself under a train. The NHS hospital |
| that legacy after the November elections, it's crucial to | | | | had not considered her a flight risk even though she |
| keep in mind the many flaws of socialized medicine. | | | | had a history of running away. |
| I have already detailed in this space some of the | | | | Testimony to its incompetence, "staff at Runwell |
| numerous instances of misdiagnoses, incorrect and | | | | considered Mrs Savage a 'low risk' of |
| withheld medications, denials of treatment, | | | | absconding-even though she had once been found |
| mismanagement, staff shortages, staff disregard for | | | | wandering among traffic on the A130 attempting to kill |
| patients, unsanitary conditions, and, worst of all, the | | | | herself:" |
| NHS's utter disregard for premature infants born even | | | | Her daughter "won a claim under the Human Rights |
| 3 days before the arbitrary 22 week cut-off point for | | | | Act that her mother's 'right to life' had been breached |
| any care. | | | | by Runwell Hospital... Mr Justice Mackay, awarded Miss |
| The latest NHS examples of what we can expect if | | | | Savage £10,000 in 'just satisfaction' against the |
| and when Obamacare is fully implemented in 2014, | | | | hospital's managers-South Essex Partnership NHS |
| four years after we start paying for it, are especially | | | | Foundation Trust." |
| repugnant. | | | | Yes, America's present health care is flawed yet is still |
| Clara Stokes was a former member of Britain's World | | | | superb as contrasted with Britain's. Last I heard, no sick |
| War Two WLA, the Women's Land Army, the | | | | people were flocking to England to receive the |
| agricultural equivalent of our Rosie the Riveters, who | | | | benefits of the NHS. |
| tended English farms while the boys were off to war | | | | |