A British woman branded too fat for surgery on the NHS has undergone a second hip replacement operation in Malta.
Frances Kinley-Manton needed the operation due to arthritis pain in her hips, which kept her in a wheelchair for two years.
But NHS doctors told the 15-stone woman she would have to lose about two stone before she could be considered for surgery.
Mrs Kinley-Manton, from Palnackie near Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway, was not able to lose weight through dieting and was forced to travel abroad for treatment. She took out a mortgage on her house to pay around £7,000 for a private left-hip replacement operation at a hospital in Malta in July.
She has now gone under the knife again at St James Hospital in Sliema on Malta to have the other hip replaced.
She said: "I had no alternative. NHS said they wouldn't operate on me because I'm overweight, but I think they were just trying to keep their costs down. They wouldn't even put me on a waiting list. It goes against my principles to have come to Malta, but I didn't think the surgery was ever going to happen in the UK."
The first operation was a success and she was walking more and less dependent on her wheelchair. The treatment made such a difference that she decided to go ahead with an operation to replace her right hip, which was also painful.
- IN A WHEELCHAIR.
- IN PAIN FOR TWO YEARS.
- BUT TOO FAT TO OPERATE ON.
- AHHHH: THE BEAUTY OF SOCIALIZED MEDICINE!
- AND ANOTHER THING: WHEN THEY DENY PROCEDURES AND LET PATIENTS DIE, THEY REAP A DOUBLE SAVINGS: THEY SAVE ON THE HEALTHCARE, AND ON THE PENSION BENEFITS.
- ALL THIS IS WHY NOBODY SHOULD EVER WANT A NATIONALIZED HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.
- IF IT DOESN'T WORK THERE, IT WILL NOT WORK HERE.
DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE DEMS.
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