Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

I was reading in todays, Daily Mirror about lottery winner Stephen Smith, having the best present ever, his life, he had an operation for aortic aneuryam, which could have killed him, he couldn't get the operation on the NHS, so luckily, when he got his winnings, he had the operation and good luck to him, l remember watching him on TV and he was terrible.

It brings shame on the NHS, when this bloke, had to depend on the winnings, to get his health back, can you imagine what would have happened, if he didn't win, there must be thousands of patients in the UK today who can't have operations, that they need due to the poor handling of the health service, each one of us pays into the NHS, so therefore we should be treated like a private patient, and not wait 12 / 18 months for an op.