Wednesday, August 26, 2009

The babies born in hospital corridors: Bed shortage forces 4,000 mothers to give birth in lifts, offices and hospital toilets | Mail Online

The babies born in hospital corridors: Bed shortage forces 4,000 mothers to give birth in lifts, offices and hospital toilets | Mail Online
Another triumph of the British National Health Service. Coming to a nation very near you?

2 comments:

Beth said...

Whoa, another story of something that could never happen in the U.S., because here, everyone gets all the care they need. It's not like we have fewer doctors or hospitals per capita than most first-world countries.

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/8092034/OECD-Health-Data-2009---How-Does-the-United-States-Compare

No wonder everyone in Britain wishes they could have the kind of health system that we have.

http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=112172939

[No system is perfect, but I agree that the story you link to, Evan, is very bad. We'll soon see whether there is a wide public outcry to dismantle their NHS and replace it with a U.S.-style system. Or whether their infant mortality rates drop below ours. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2091rank.html
]

Fred Pilot said...

It should also be noted this is socialized health care which isn't even on the edge of the table in the current U.S. health care debate.