I was watching a British documentary about hospitals/ambulances now needing to accommodate more obese people (the link to the video is here and I recommend watching it if you have the time, since it's an hour long).
Many of the paramedics, nurses, and doctors are lovely when they're dealing with the fat patients, but to be honest I have no idea how they do it. These patients eat themselves into a disability, have to be helped with everything, moan and complain constantly and are a drain on health care. I'm probably heartless, but my ideal scenario for health care would be to give fat people one chance to lose weight. If they don't do it, they have to pay for all health-related expenses out of their own pocket.
Anyone have any thoughts about the demand fat people put on hospitals? I've heard plenty of horror stories from nurses and paramedics who have to deal with them and physically carry them around, and I was wondering if anybody had any similar experiences or general thoughts.
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[–] YamaMaya ago
Oh I definitely think those that visit hospital over a certain amount of times a year should have to pay more NHS than the rest of us. Its not fair that I have to wait hours to see a doctor whilst drunken yobbos and fat useless lumps come in to a&e on the regular. Its also not cool that those on benefit get to use the health servoce for free. You dont pay into NHS therefore should have to pay for your care!