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Today's CRAPPY SOSHULIST HEALTHCARE UPDATE...

I received a phone call from the hospital today, they've confirmed Friday as my date for surgery and have asked me to arrive at the hospital by 7:30am. Remember, this is a a public holiday.

I then phoned the hospital transport service and they have arranged for a patient transport minibus/ambulance to collect me from my house at 6:30am, even though they do not usually run their service on public holidays. They also went to great effort to track down part of my rented wheelchair which was left in the ambulance yesterday after we discovered that my rented wheelchair could not be safely secured in the ambulance and I had to be transferred to a hospital one for the journey. The missing part was then delivered to my door this morning.

The cost of all this exceptional care? Nothing except the small proportion of the roughly £200 of taxes i used to pay each month back when I was working that the government actually puts towards the NHS. It probably works out as less than £10 per month.

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Under a tornado warning, hunkered down in a friend's basement. Till 6:15

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