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Having a whale of a time
BMJ 2012; 344 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e4044 (Published 13 June 2012) Cite this as: BMJ 2012;344:e4044
- Liam Farrell, retired general practitioner, Crossmaglen, County Armagh
- drfarrell{at}hotmail.co.uk
Things are not always as they seem. The earth is not flat, the sun does not revolve around the earth, Boy George is actually a boy, Afghanistan is not an easy place to invade, and the United Kingdom’s NHS reforms are in fact castrations. To paraphrase Winston Churchill, the NHS is not a good system of healthcare, except when compared with all the others.⇑
I was whale watching in the west of Ireland. It …
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