Netflix最近上新了一部纪录片，讲英国被定罪的杀害小婴儿的Lucy Letby的事件。她的法律调查和诉讼从2003年，一直延续到2023年，才最终定罪。定罪后还在不断寻求上诉。我今天稍后写一篇长文综合记录一下。但是，在我搜集资料的时候偶然在YouTube的澳洲六十分报道这个案子的评论区发现了这条英国读者的评论（图二）。我不是很吃惊，免费的医疗总是有代价的。
我希望欧洲包括英国的朋友不要take it personal. 其实每一个体系都有好的地方，也有不好的地方。我经常遇到的情况是：批评一个产品，一个问题，一种文化，有人会带入觉得我在批评他们自己。美国的医疗保险也是有很多问题的，我写过很多文章了。
翻译一下：@susangibson9123 8 个月以前
我是英国人，我可以告诉你：英国几乎每一家 NHS 医院都严重人手不足、资金不足，设施破败不堪。
英国人对 NHS 的那种神化，真的很荒谬。是的，医疗是免费的——但代价是什么？
我母亲曾经连续发生严重中风，长期卧床住院。她完全没有自理能力，需要别人喂饭。她甚至不知道自己身在何处。我和丈夫去探望她时，注意到她病房里有一张桌子，上面放着一整盘已经冷掉、干硬的食物。我们去问护士（她们当时都挤在护士站那边说笑打闹），这盘食物是怎么回事。护士回答我们：“她要吃就自己拿，我们又不是她的仆人。”
我母亲当时瘦得皮包骨，真的完全下不了床。她身上插着管子，导着尿管。那张放食物的桌子是故意摆在她够不着的地方——就算她有能力自己吃，也根本拿不到。还有一次我们去看她，她饿到不行，竟然试图吃一名护士留在她旁边的棉球。
我母亲去世后我们才发现，在我们完全不知情的情况下，医院把她纳入了一个所谓的“Liverpool Care Pathway（利物浦临终照护路径）”，在这个路径下，他们会拒绝给病人提供食物和水，以加速死亡进程。
我母亲所受到的对待令人作呕。医院非常肮脏。护理人员傲慢而冷漠。听到别人的经历后，我确信这只是冰山一角。我亲眼见过病人遭受可怕的对待。
露西·莱特比到底有没有罪？我无法断言。但我能断言的是：英国 NHS 令人难堪。为了掩盖自身的缺陷，他们会不会撒谎？我毫不怀疑——他们会。
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@susangibson9123
8 months ago
I am British and I can tell you. Virtually every single NHS hospital in the United Kingdom is vastly understaffed, underfunded and dilapidated.
The British glorification of the NHS is ridiculous. Yes, healthcare is free but at what cost ? My mother had a series of severe strokes and was bedridden in Hospital. She was incapable of looking after herself. She had to be hand-fed. She didn’t even know where she was. Me and my husband went to visit her. We noticed a table in her room with a full plate of cold, dried up food. When we asked the nurses ( who were all crowded around the main nurse station laughing and joking. ) where the food came from we were told, “ if she wants it she can get it herself, we’re not her servants “.
My mother was literally skeletal. Genuinely bed bound. She was hooked up to tubes, she was catheterized. The table with the food was purposely left out of reach so she couldn’t have fed herself even if she were able. On one visit she was so hungry she was trying to eat cotton balls that a nurse had left next to her. After my mothers death we found out that without our knowledge the hospital had put her on something which was called the “ Liverpool Care Pathway “ where they literally deny a patient food and water to hasten their death. The treatment my mother received was disgusting. The hospital was filthy. The nursing staff cocky and uncaring. Hearing other people’s stories I’m sure this is just the tip of the iceberg. I’ve personally witnessed dreadful treatment of patients. Is Lucy Letby guilty ? I can’t say but what I can say is the British NHS is an embarrassment . Would they lie to hide their shortcomings, I have no doubt that they would.
