PENSIONER FLIES TO INDIA FOR SURGERY TO AVOID AN OTHER NHS BUNGLED OPERATION

DAILY MAIL:

Pensioner flies to India for knee op because he 'didn't trust NHS after bungled surgery'

A great-great-grandfather flew a 10,000 mile round trip for knee surgery because he did not trust the NHS after he lost a leg when they bungled a previous operation.

Battling Ken Austin, 80, refused to go through the NHS again after a knee replacement on his right leg ended up with him losing the limb completely because the surgeons had mistakenly severed an artery.

When faced with a similar operation on his other leg, the pensioner from Halifax, West Yorkshire, decided to spend his savings on flying to India for the procedure instead.

Mr Austin, who has just returned from the trip, said: "It's a sad case that you pay all your taxes and then don't get the service. I realise it was a tricky operation I had, but I did not trust them."

He added: "It is strange to think that I have gone to a poor country for an operation."

• THE NHS SUCKS.
• IF IT DOESN'T WORK THERE, IT WON;T WORK HERE.
• BUT THAT'S WHAT THE DEMS WANT TO DO.
• DON'T FALL FOR IT.
• DON'T VOTE DEMOCRAT.