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Originally Posted by garinda

This is happening now...

NHS trusts in north-west ban 57 types of surgery

'The axe will fall heavily on procedures to help with the knees and hips, gynaecology (including hysterectomies for heavy menstrual bleeding), eye cataracts and nearly all cosmetic surgery.

The cuts will also affect procedures for hand and lower back pain, hernias, haemorrhoids, skin lesions, lower jaw and surgical dentistry.'
NHS trusts in north-west ban 57 types of surgery | Society | The Guardian

People will continue to live in pain, because there will be no knee and hip replacement operations. Others will remain blinded by cataracts. All because of the cuts.

Scandalous.

Guardian