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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris
Most people think the NHS is a "good thing". In fact, everyone (with the possible exception of Barb) supports the NHS in principle and has the highest regard for the doctors, technicians, nurses, porters and all the other frontline staff.
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In my youth, I worked in Gloucester for one of the premier orthopedic surgeons in England, John F. Bourdillon. Even back then the NHS had tremendous strains placed upon it. Mr. Bourdillon always felt that his hospital clinics resembled a conveyor belt. He thought it very unfair to the patients when he was overscheduled, (which happened all the time). A year after I emigrated to the U.S., he was offered a position in Canada, (prior to its own foray into the field of socialized medicine).