‘Too Fat’ Patients Denied NHS Operations
The NHS (National Health Service) in Britain is under such a strain trying to meet the health care needs of everyone that people with bad habits are being denied care ... bad habits such as being overweight.....
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Patients are being denied operations on the NHS simply because they are overweight or smoke, a Sky News survey has found.
Nine primary care trusts have a specific policy to refuse joint replacements to obese patients. And four will not consider orthopaedic surgery if patients smoke.
Despite living on a pension a patient has taken out an £8000 loan to pay for surgery abroad!
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http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1263268,00.html
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