Yes, I'm sure we can all agree that limited resources (and they always
are limited ... even in places like the UK where successive governments keep bunging mega amounts of money at health services [just to appease the Masses - or the Media ... or even more likely, both]) have to be rationed with due care. That is, with an eye to the likelihood of "Quality Outcomes" for the Many, rather than the Few ("high profile" cases).
But, as many of us know (and as you have alluded to), some ministers seemingly cannot resist a good "photo opportunity" should one arise.
Yes, junk is junk. But even (sending out) junk can produce that warm, happy, feel-good feeling at this end. I've seen it (but I hasten to add, not
felt it) a few times myself.
But (just out of interest) where
does the open-heart stuff get done, then? Do patients get flown out to Oz, or some such place?
