NHS

This is a very personal concern about Cameron and his cohort Lansley and what they are doing to MY beloved NHS.

In my life not just myself but one of my daughters owe our lives to this magnificent institution and the wonderful people that work for it, literally. We see today this creation of the great Nye Bevin (called a Marxist troublemaker by the Tory press of his day) and the Atlee government of post war Britain, being symptomatically destroyed by first Thatcher then Blair and now Cameron.

When I was 10 years old I fell down with TB and Meningitis, my life let alone my mental state were both on the brink, the doctors told my parents they were unsure if I was going to end up severely mentally handicapped. Due to the magnificent care I received from the nurses and doctors of the time I managed to pull through, hence I am here today typing this blog. The disease left me an epileptic which is kept under control by tablets at present free, I wonder for how much longer under this bastard government.

I have had 3 daughters one of whom is a severe asthmatic, although at present we are unsure if it is not asthma but something a little more serious, we are waiting on tests to find out. The other 2 were identical twins, one of whom died just after her birth. The care we received that night from the midwives was second to none. Neither my wife or myself can thank them enough for the wonderful help they gave us that night. My third daughter had a rocky start to her life also at 5 days old and weighing just 2 lb she was rushed to Birmingham childrens hospital where she required emergency surgery for a perforated bowel. We were told she was very poorly and to expect the worse. The fantastic surgeon that operated on her that night saved her life. That is not to mention the excellent care she received in intensive care post op. She came back to Coventry Walsgrave hospital special care (she was born 10 weeks premature) With a colostomy bag the same size as she was. A couple of months later she was rushed back to Birmingham where she undergone a reversal to her prior operation, this due to her failing to gain weight. The same wonderful man operated on her and saved her life a second time.  I don't want to go into too much detail but my youngest has had a very hard road to travel down since then, she has a lot of internal problems and has had up to now 6 operations with at least one more serious piece of surgery to come this year. This particular surgery will again be performed by the same surgeon that saved her life twice before , as you can imagine he is my hero. I cannot thank both him another wonderful doctor who has operated on her for subsequent health problems that have arisen since enough. I also cannot finish without a huge tankyou to all the nurses of the special care ward who helped keep both myself and my wife sane through those bleak times. Angels doesn't do these people justice they are much better than that.

My reason for telling this much abbreviated piece is NOT for you the readers sympathy. It is more for an idea of how much I owe to the NHS. Remember at present every piece of care (and heaven knows we have all needed it, including my wife but as she's in bed as I write this blog I won't put her tough life story on it) has cost me and my family not a penny. Also NO stinking money grabbing capitalist company has made a single penny from me and my families suffering.

Now I see the new legislation this EVIL Tory/ Lib Dem government are trying to bring in to destroy this great Socialist institution. As under Thatcher with the help afterwards of New-Labour, they are dismantling bit by bit everything owned by the people and selling it off to big business.

With all this in mind I beg of you on behalf of my 2 girls and all the other children that owe their lives to the NHS not to let these scum destroy it, by taking it off us and giving it lock stock and barrel to greedy businesses. If we do roll over we will live to regret it literally. We know what previous governments have done to prescriptions (which before Thatcher were basically free) how long will it be before we have to pay for hospital stays etc watch this space... 

We the people have the power to stop these scum from destroying OUR NHS, we must stand firm for all our sakes before it's too late. Fight these Tories and please don't let them privatise the NHS.