Wednesday, March 29, 2006
A new report shows that the UK's socialist health care system is in a complete state of collapse, and treats the elderly in England like dirty diapers.
The great betrayal: how the NHS fails the elderly
Britain's elderly are being neglected, poorly treated and marginalised by the country's health system, according to a shocking study published today.
The scathing report, by three Government inspectorates, criticises the "patronising and thoughtless" manner in which NHS hospitals and care institutions treat older patients. It also identifies a catalogue of sins and omissions practised by hospitals, that are condemning the elderly to second-class status in Britain's hospital wards.
Inspectors found that many older patients went hungry because meals were taken away before they could eat them, while others suffered embarrassment through being cared for on mixed-sex wards. There were also frequent complaints about dirty wards, the strong smell of urine from unemptied bottles and people waiting on trolleys.
And this is socialism on a small scale. This is what American liberals want to impose on the rest of us on a large scale.