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| NHS Shame: Fighter ace sells medals to spare wife long wait for hip replacement |
| 2005-12-08 |
| One of the most decorated British fighter pilots of the Second World War has sold his medals, diaries and other memorabilia partly to pay for a hip replacement operation for his wife who faced at least a six-month wait on the National Health Service. Sqn Ldr Neville Duke, 83, the Royal Air Force's top-scoring ace in the Mediterranean theatre who set a world air speed record of 728 mph in 1953, put the collection up for auction rather than subject his wife Gwen to months of pain and discomfort while she waited for an operation... |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #6 Hillarycare - future version 2.0 |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-12-08 20:21 |
| #5 I am sure that Sqn Ldr Duke's American comrades will come to his aid. I will pay for it myself if I have to. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2005-12-08 18:01 |
| #4 Hospital care for non-US taxpayers is FREE! Sad truth. Not just illegal aliens either. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-12-08 15:35 |
| #3 What, the Queen couldn't kick down with some loot to repay a debt of honor to one of Britain's bravest warriors? The royals are increasingly decorative. The government should have arranged for the national museum to acquire Duke's journals and medals as part of the nation's collection of military honors. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2005-12-08 15:21 |
| #2 Socialized medicine at work. Hospital care for non-US taxpayers is FREE! And all he had to do was sneak in from Mexico.... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-12-08 11:31 |
| #1 Too damn bad Sqn Ldr Duke could not have made it over here for the surgery. Hospital care for non-US taxpayers is FREE! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2005-12-08 09:30 |