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May 26, 2008
Socialized Medicine Costs Britain 32,000 Hospital Beds in 10 Years
The nice thing about having an all-powerful government that can wave a magic wand and make healthcare free is that then we can have as much of it as we want. Or maybe not:
More than 30,000 hospital beds have been lost since Labour came to power, with record cuts in NHS wards last year.
The cutbacks mean increasing numbers of hospitals are going on "black alert" — which involves closing their doors to new patients because they are full.
Patients' groups described the loss of the beds, at a time when overcrowded wards have seen soaring rates of killer infections, as "a national scandal".
The reduction contradicts a pledge from Tony Blair at the turn of the century that there would be 7,000 more NHS beds by 2010. New figures, seen by The Telegraph, show that the number of health service beds fell more than 8,000 last year, as the NHS began a reorganisation process which will mean the closure of dozens of hospitals.
More than 40 per cent of maternity units turned away women in labour last year because they had no room.
Meanwhile, ambulances have been forced to queue outside overstretched hospitals, treating patients in car parks just yards from accident and emergency departments.
If the free healthcare promised by collectivists sounds too good to be true, that's because it is.
On tips Wiggins and Ian from the EUSSR.
Posted by Van Helsing at May 26, 2008 7:51 AM
Comments
As they say in South Park - Blame Canada.
Posted by: Oiao at May 26, 2008 11:34 AM
Soon to be coming to a hospital near you when the Messiah(pbuh) gets elected by the morons in this country.
Posted by: Oldcrow at May 26, 2008 3:20 PM
