Green Health Care?

Saturday 7 April 2012 - Filed under Uncategorized

An elderly English woman is told by her government run doctor’s office of 30 years that she can no longer be treated there because her four mile round trip to and from the office has too large a carbon foot print. The Telegraph:

Avril Mulcahy, 83, was told to address the “green travelling issues” over her journeys from her home in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, to the West Road Surgery. The surgery wrote to Mrs Mulcahy, telling her to register with a new GP within 28 days.

The letter said: “Our greatest concern is for your health and convenience but also taking into consideration green travelling issues. Re: Carbon footprints and winter weather conditions, we feel it would be advisable for patients to register at surgeries nearer to where they live.

“We would be very grateful if you could make the necessary arrangements to re-register at another practice.”
Mrs Mulcahy, a grandmother, believes the decision was made because she complained about a doctor.

“When I read through the letter, I found it absolutely ridiculous they were saying the reason was to decrease their carbon footprint,” she said. “I have been a patient at the practice for 30 years now, and there has never been any problem.

A woman is refused medical treatment because the carbon footprint of her 4 mile drive is too large? How I’m looking forward to government run health care where completely unrelated political considerations determine whether an elderly woman can or cannot receive medical care at her doctor of choice.

2012-04-07  »  madlibertarianguy