Re: Anyone for Socialised Dentisty? Anybody want a job?
- From: "Dr Steve" <nospam@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 15:39:21 GMT
Why couldn't she just pay for treatment herself instead on relying on "big
Brother"??
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Stephen Mancuso, D.D.S.
Troy, Michigan, USA
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This posting is intended for informational or conversational purposes only.
Always seek the opinion of a licensed dental professional before acting on
the advice or opinion expressed here. Only a dentist who has examined you
in person can diagnose your problems and make decisions which will affect
your health.
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"Derek *" <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Reposted from uk.politics.misc
>
> by DAVID HUGHES, Daily Mail 07:55am 31st March 2005
>
> A pensioner told Tony Blair how she had to pull out seven of her teeth
> because she could not find an NHS dentist.
>
> Part-time cleaner Valerie Holsworth made the extraordinary revelation as
> the Prime Minister faced questions from members of the public during a
> live TV broadcast.
>
> She said she preferred to remove her rotten teeth than to suffer in
> agony.
>
> It would be nice for somebody to take them out properly for me," she
> told Mr Blair.
>
> The 65-year old mother of seven said afterwards she had pulled out four
> of her teeth with her husband John's pliers and three with her fingers.
>
> "I've been in so much pain but I've not been able to find myself an NHS
> dentist because the waiting lists are full," she said. "Where I live,
> you can only get on the list if someone dies or takes themselves off it
> voluntarily."
>
> Double interrogation
>
> The encounter took place at the Walsgrave Hospital in Coventry at the
> first of two hour-long interrogations for Mr Blair, one on health and
> the other on crime, on Sky News.
>
> Mrs Holsworth told the Prime Minister that in her home town of
> Scarborough three dentists had been brought in from overseas - one "went
> home with a criminal record. The second one wasn't even qualified and
> the third made that many mistakes, they sacked him."
>
> Mr Blair replied: "I can't suddenly just produce more dentists. We have
> to train them. We are actually opening new dental training schools and
> so on, it takes time."
>
> DG
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