TB Or Not TB
‘EVERY day of every week the Mail thinks up imaginative ways to remind you that life is cruel and you are going to experience pain and die.
Here is a selection of things that will kill you and yours from last weeks paper of doom…
MONDAY
Bank Holiday bird flu, aggressive Iranians with nuclear ambitions, Noel Edmonds, BNP on every doorstep, Angela Merkels swimsuit, Tony Blairs weather machine and more…
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TUESDAY
Childrens hospitals warn over cuts in lifesaving surgery the London hospital and Alder Hey hospital, Liverpool, want more money or they may have to cut the number of operations they perform
THE FIRST GOUND ZERO This was San Francisco 100 years ago today, after a cataclysmic earthquake which killed more people than 9/11. And what terrifies America is the knowledge that it will happen again Natural disaster and mass murder; its all the same to the Mail
I begged for a Caesarean, but the medics knew better. Then they told me theyd lost my babys heartbeat Mother Sadie Nicholas and her healthy sons know best
The brain surgery was painless. But the cage they screwed onto my head was the worst thing thats ever happened to me Micha Hardin talks about her Gamma Knife Surgery
Now gun city is also the burglary capital Nottingham has its new hoods
Allergy prescriptions soar by 600pc The number of people developing life-threatening allergies is accelerating dramatically
Sorry, sir, but thats enough self-medication for one night Mental Health Foundation report says excessive drinking can change the chemistry of the brain and lead to mental health problems
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WEDNESDAY
NHS bungle puts GPs on £1/4m a year…but it cant afford to give diabetics inhalers Family doctors are earning up to £250,000 a year and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence says it does not think insulin inhalers an alternative to injections – are worth the money
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THURSDAY
NHS wastes millions overpaying for drugs London School of Economics research says Health Service overpaying for prescription drugs, including insulin
Too weak to move but Bupa hospital ordered me home Martin Fennemore tells us what happened when his medical insurance ran out after an operation. Only it hadnt…
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FRIDAY
A kick in the teeth My dentist pulled out six of my teeth on the NHS and then said he was going private…now itll cost £3,000 to put in a new set Darren Wheeler can whistle for his free teeth
DRIPPING SCANDAL Victims say they have been left scarred, crippled and diseased…but it seems that for 20 years the true scale of the Camelford water scandal has been covered up. Only now is the poisonous truth emerging News on Britains worst drinking water pollution incident
90,000 migrants from TB zone enter Britain without a medical test Immigrants might have tuberculosis. Watch out!’
Posted: 24th, April 2006 | In: Tabloids Comment | TrackBack | Permalink