National Health Vermin Service
Barack Obama, at the behest of his left-wing supporters, wants "Universal Health Care" aka socialized medicine. Britain has had free health care for years now. And it comes with many benefits.
Like free maggots in your slippers.
Official figures obtained by the Tories show that 80 per cent of NHS trusts reported problems with ants, 66 per cent with rats and 77 per cent with mice.
Cockroaches were reported at 59 per cent of trusts, biting insects or fleas at 65 per cent, and bed bugs at 24 per cent.
There were infestations of maggots at a further 6 per cent of trusts. And many of the pests were in clinical areas.
The data, revealed under the Freedom of Information Act, shows that, on average, every trust in the country calls out pest controllers once a fortnight.
At one hospital, a horrified patient awoke to find maggots in her slippers. At another, expectant mothers were dismayed to find the ward overrun with rats, while at a third hospital, a store for sterile materials was infested with mice.
Still think socialized medicine is a good idea? Enjoy your slippers.
By martian, Wednesday, 6 August , 2008 @ 1:34 pm
Ah, yes! The wonderful benefits of socialized medicine. In Canada they had to pass a law to stop people from crossing the border into the US to get medical treatment for which they didn’t have to wait months. Is there any country that has Universal or socialized medicine where it actually works? Where the quality of treatment hasn’t taken a nose dive? Where patients don’t have to wait months to receive treatment? If so, I wish someone would tell me about it. I have heard nothing but horror stories from every country that has it.