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December Reflections 30: thank you for…

December 30, 2024 kathleenjowittLeave a comment
The call button on a hospital bed

… the NHS, stubbornly caring for millions of people in the face of fifteen years of callous, deliberate underfunding, and meaning that I only have to worry about how I wrangle a toddler with a hole in my abdomen, and not how I’m going to pay for it all.

(All done and heading home soon!)

Posted in december daysTagged December Reflections 24, gallbladder, NHS, personal, politics

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