Reply #8: I grew up in the UK, and the NHS saved my life twice..the reporting on this story is very unbalanced

[HipChick]

with 2 life saving operations I needed..here is more info from the local papers there...

he's whining about this, when he has high blood pressure and smoking,and not doing anything to address either - where is HIS personal responsibility on this?
...I bet it doesn't stop him from going down to the pub...:nopity:

Then two more were delayed because of Torron's high blood pressure and concerns over his smoking.

Nick Carver, the chief executive of the East and North Herts NHS Trust, insisted computer records showed the trust had only cancelled two operations - one in February and a second in May.

He said proceeding with the operations could have put Torron's life at risk.

Mr Carver said: "Mr Eeles' operation was cancelled only twice - and then both on clinical safety grounds."

"The first time was back in February when his blood pressure was found to be high. As his surgery was not an emergency, our surgeons took the right action in referring Mr Eeles to his GP so his blood pressure could be brought under control.
"His second operation in May 2009 was also cancelled, this time because he had failed to act on our surgeon's advice that Mr Eeles that he should give up smoking.
"In cancelling Mr Eeles' two operation dates, our surgeons were acting on clinical grounds only.
"If they are guilty of anything, then it is of having the best clinical interests of their patients at heart."