Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Every parent thinks that their child is one in a million, but my daughter Chloe genuinely is. Before she was born, we discovered that she had three congenital heart defects, two of which are found separately in only one in 30,000 births. The consultants we saw at the world-renowned Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, where we were living at the time, told us they had never seen them together before.
Despite that, my wife and I felt confident that we were in the best hands possible. In America, such reassurance does not come cheap, however. Our health insurance cost thousands of dollars, and the consultations, scans, and operations thousands more. The investment could be seen everywhere, from the most advanced technology imaginable to the gleaming marble floors.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/my-nhs-our-system-is-as-good-as-us-private-care-9783217.html
Despite that, my wife and I felt confident that we were in the best hands possible. In America, such reassurance does not come cheap, however. Our health insurance cost thousands of dollars, and the consultations, scans, and operations thousands more. The investment could be seen everywhere, from the most advanced technology imaginable to the gleaming marble floors.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/my-nhs-our-system-is-as-good-as-us-private-care-9783217.html