My dad died of lung cancer. The cancer spread and he had no more appetite. He died of malnutrition in the end. Even if we were there to spoon feed him nothing would be retained by the body and he didn't want it anyway. There might some cases of negligence in medical institutions but the real problem is peoples lifestyle which gets them to the hospital in he first place.

Eating habits in America are poor. Even if America has the most wealth in food. People eat crap because they are lazy.

Sleeping habits are poor. People work to the bone and then watch TV till they sleep. They sleep with the TV on getting commercials and other crap pumped into their sub-conscience.

Exercise outdoors. People are always indoors watching TV or on the PC. Getting no sunlight breathing used and soiled air. Watching the sunset cures depression and other mental ailments.

Nature is simple. Humans try to control nature and complicate it with all our great "knowledge" and "intelligence". Man belongs to earth not earth belongs to man.

Simple truths but I am sure many are guilty of these bad lifestyle choices. In Canada I pay my taxes for the people who make these poor choices. Seems more and more people made the wrong choices so now the system has to either tax me more or make cuts so I don't leave the country.

It is hard to live healthy when the devil is trying to enslave you everyday with his tasty treats and magic bullets and laugh now cry later attitude. God told us how to live and eat but we are too arrogant to listen. Sorry for the rant but I just can't help to see this unfold and people need to realize! Thank you for reading.

WOW looking back through the responses I think there are a lot of people who are in denial about the actual state of the NHS. May be you people live in areas relatively low in population and so hosptials can handle it, but here in the South East, its hell and even the nurses (ones who are English) tell us that. My experience documented earlier in the thread, as stated, was just the last 12 months, I've had years of direct experiences mostly personal, but also through work, its not good, really it isn't. However, if you guys live in areas unaffected then good for you, what I've seen here in the South East certainly is pretty dreadful.