Expired drugs, unlicensed nurses, stray cats and scuttling rats...My first thought here after stumbling across this piece, was that Stephen Taylor must've shot more late-night video at the Liberal leadership convention... alas it was not to be.
It's actually about the state of the Italian healthcare system... which is looking more and more like a sick old man.
-- ROME — Expired drugs, unlicensed nurses, stray cats and scuttling rats were among the horrors that emerged from police inspections of Italian hospitals that recommended possible investigations against more than 100 people, health officials said Thursday.Not that I'm gonna make any excuses for it here, but the Canadian system looks a little less shabby when you compare it with some others around the world.
Not that it excuses a 7 hour ER wait with a fever sick child.
ARE YOU LISTENING, DALTON!?!?
Please, don't ask.
SIDENOTE: Calls for Islamo-care in UK...
The NHS should provide more faith-based care for Muslims, an expert says.
Muslims are about twice as likely to report poor health and disability than the general population, says Edinburgh University's Professor Aziz Sheikh.
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