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You've just got to laugh

the_Black_of_Hearts | 20.07.2006 17:31 | Health | Indymedia

From BBC News website.

NHS 'lets down allergy patients'
People with allergies often feel let down by the NHS, and can wait months to see a specialist, a government review of services has found.
[government station]
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5199862.stm
" Dr Pamela Ewan of the Royal College of Physicians , who helped compile a 2003 report on allergy services, said: "The Department of Health review has tried to address the issues, but their recommendations will hardly scratch the surface of the problem."

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not really if you have a life threatening allergy

20.07.2006 18:52

such 'hilarious' wordplay stops being so amusing when you can die at the drop of a peanut & the nhs keep you waiting 9 months before a specialist can diagnose you with the lifesaving adrenalin shots you need to carry around 24hrs a day... believe me i know.

2% of kids now have allergies compared to 1% 10 yrs ago & it rises every year... that's the price we pay for scientific progress apparently.

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