True enough. I'm definitely not saying its worse than the US, it's just so badly understaffed at the moment that any "non emergency" surgery will likely be a year or more waiting.

[–] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Where is that?

[–] Globulart@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

[–] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

didn't expect that

[–] Globulart@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful it exists at all, but there's a reason doctors have just announced the longest strike in NHS history unfortunately. My wife is a doctor and frequently treats dying patients in the corridor, it's just a mess and a lot of people seem to think it's being deliberately underfunded to eventually make privatisation the only option.

[–] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That's one downside of public infrastructure. The government can only allocate a certain budget. There's a similar situation where I live but it's about a school.