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Title: Former NHS director dies after operation is cancelled four times at her own hospital (british national health care at its finest )
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Published: Apr 7, 2011
Author: Daily Mail Reporter
Post Date: 2011-04-07 15:53:54 by freepatriot32
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Keywords: NHS director, dies, national health care, libertarians
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A former NHS director died after waiting for nine months for an operation - at her own hospital. Margaret Hutchon, a former mayor, had been waiting since last June for a follow-up stomach operation at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, Essex. But her appointments to go under the knife were cancelled four times and she barely regained consciousness after finally having surgery. Her devastated husband, Jim, is now demanding answers from Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust - the organisation where his wife had served as a non-executive member of the board of directors. He said: 'I don't really know why she died. I did not get a reason from the hospital. We all want to know for closure. She got weaker and weaker as she waited and operations were put off.' Mr Hutchon, of Great Baddow, Essex, said his wife, 72, had initially undergone major stomach surgery last June but the follow up procedures were repeatedly abandoned. The former mayor remained at the hospital for months but her family feared she was becoming institutionalised and decided to bring her home until an operation was a certainty. Mr Hutchon, 71, said: 'The case has been referred to the coroner because of the long time it has taken. In some ways, I would like the coroner to order a post mortem.' The pensioner said his wife had been left very weak before her operation because she had been unable to take in nutrients. 'From July to October there was talk of another operation and then between November and December there were three or four postponements and she was becoming so institutionalised we decided to get her home until an operation was certain. 'It was a blessing because although neither of is could have guessed it - it gave us a last month together. 'Nevertheless, she was unable to take proper nourishment and went into the operation on the better side of a low state - she was very weak.' Mrs Hutchon was well known and respected after serving in local government for the past 30 years and she became mayor of Chelmsford in 2006. Mike Mackrory, a fellow Liberal Democrat councillor, said: We were all stunned to hear she had died after the operation. There were constant delays she had to endure before surgery. 'We were given the very sad news and as word spread it threw a pall over the civic dinner. Margaret was much loved and respected in this town.' A spokesman for Broomfield Hospital said it could not comment on individual cases
Former Mayor of Chelmsford Margaret Hutchon was waiting for a stomach op 
Margaret Hutchon waited nine months for an operation at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford where she was a non-executive director
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#1. To: All, *Humor-Weird News* (#0)
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#2. To: freepatriot32 (#0)
#3. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#2)
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#6. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#2)
As a Canadian, I'll tell you the truth about Canadian Health Care! If you have a doctor you're home free. That's the direct link to blood tests, specialists, hospital care and operations. The biggest problem in Canada right now is a shortage of Doctors. If you have to go to clinics or the emergency room at the hospital, YOU'RE SCREWED! Ever hear of the brain drain? Doctors, Scientists, Computer Experts, you name it, went to America for the inflated pay cheques. To-day the gov't is offering incentives, like paying off student loans for doctors, if they will go to under- serviced areas of the country. Just because an idiot from America went to an ER on the weekend with a sore wrist, he really has no idea of the situation. Five or six ambulances could have arrived with many casualties requiring real emergency treatment while he was waiting. Since clinics ARE closed on the weekend, the ER's are extremely busy at that time. My husband has had heart surgery (serious) and a hernia operation (not so serious). He was taken into hospital within 2 days when it was determined that his aortic stenosis had reached a critical level. Alas he had to wait one month for his hernia operation, but we had no family doctor at that time. Total cost to us, including medications - Zip, Zero, Nada! No complications in either case.
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#7. To: angK (#6)
Thanks for the feedback. I have met several Canadians traveling through BC and in the States. Great folks.
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#8. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#7)
I also find Americans very friendly and welcoming. Thanks for your kind words.
I have met several Canadians traveling through BC and in the States. Great folks
I want either less corruption or more opportunity to participate in it. Ashleigh Brilliant
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