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2007-07-09 Britain

Mark Steyn: British bomb plot and Michael Moore-style health care

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Posted by Fred 2007-07-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 The UK medical SNAFU is even worse than described. See this: "NHS fiasco as foreign bomb suspects are handed jobs while British doctors are forced to go abroad for work Last updated at 14:56pm on 6th July 2007"

The NHS recruitment crisis that was exploited by an al Qaeda terror cell has ended in hundreds of British-trained doctors seeking work abroad. In contrast, Australia has recruited thousands of British doctors to address its own shortage while maintaining a high level of security.
Record numbers of junior doctors are expected to leave the UK this year because of a lack of training posts. Figures show that up to 12,000 British junior doctors will be left without training posts after botched reforms. Many are already planning to leave. Dr Mark Pinkham, a 26-year-old junior doctor, is leaving for Brisbane in August to train in accident and emergency medicine.

He said: "We are all fed up with the chaos and I just decided to get out. There has been nothing but bad news about the system and it seems sensible to leave."

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-07-08 16:10|| 2007-07-08 16:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Does government health care inevitably lead to homicidal doctors who can't wait to leap into a flaming SUV and drive it through the check-in counter

No, Islam makes them do it.

Posted by Icerigger 2007-07-09 14:48|| 2007-07-09 14:48|| Front Page Top

#3 I don't buy the argument that there aren't enough British doctors because they are going into ethnic studies. I'm not disagreeing with all of the informed points above - just that one. It is the same as saying we need Mexicans because they do the jobs that Americans won't do. It's a common talking point but in reality they get hired because ~~slave~~ shadow underclass labor doesn't get paid a living wag since the employers force the taxpayers to pick up their welfare/healthcare/low-cost housing costs instead of paying for it themselves.

My opinion is that these are system problems that make it unattractive for the citizens to follow specific career paths.

On a second point - after seeing that video of the British cleric saying that you can fight jihad in sly ways, like a dentist making it painful for his infidel clients, I will no longer use doctors who could possibly be Muslim. It's not that I think all Muslim doctors are bad - far from it. It is just that I can't tell the difference and it is frightening to think that your doctor could want to do you harm.

Posted by Angaiger Tojo1904 2007-07-09 14:55|| 2007-07-09 14:55|| Front Page Top

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