Happy to be British – a UK doctor to an obese patient:
“How do you feel about taking up my time when there are people dying of cancer in the waiting room?”
He says he was also told that he couldn’t be assisted further because his body mass index was only 37.7, and guidelines said he needed to be 40 or more in order for him to receive help.






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