I thought I would share the following item from a column in the Daily Mail from Richard Littlejohn, Friday, February 4, 2011. (richard.littlejohn~dailymail.co.uk) (I have emailed him to suggest that he challenges his attitudes and that I am mightily offended.)
"Stop these monsters munching NHS cash
"A couple of years ago, hospitals were hiring welders to reinforce maternity beds because of the ever-expanding girth of some mothers.
"Now we learn that the NHS is having to buy super-strength hoists to lift patients into ambulances. They are even installing heavy-duty toilets. Not a pretty thought.
"In the West Midlands, some hospitals are gearing up to handle people weighing anything up to 40 stone.
"Special vehicles are being ordered at £90,000 a pop. One NHS Trust has had to find an extra £1million to upgrade its ambulance fleet. A new tail-lift alone can cost eight grand.
"These gutbuckets aren’t all ill, they’re just plain greedy.
"Next time you hear of operations being cancelled and wards closed because of the ‘cuts’ think of the money being spent on an increasing number of slobbering, selfish monsters who think it is their divine right to eat themselves into Emergency Ward 10 at our expense."
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/a...l#ixzz1DBsBjtO7