That is not a direct quote, as I said there are flaws with the NHS but I dispute that there are thousands of deaths because of basic neglect. Feel free to provide data to backup your claims.
> As for my personal experience. I only wanted rentgen to see if my hand is broken. I could not just 'walk in' and buy a service, I would had to go through GP referral than booking specialist appointment and finally week latter have xray.
> The Emergency Room is used by everyone who needs prescription for flu, so I had to wait 6 hours in bloody line full of coughing people. I should have probably just walk in front of the hospital and call myself ambulance from parking lot.
You went to accident and emergency at a busy time and were treated based on the severity/priority of your injury/illness. I'm sorry you couldn't just buy your way to the front of the queue but that is a feature of the NHS.
> The healtcare is not free, as visitor from other EU country, my insurance company has to pay. Also local cresidents pay higher taxes. Sure there is no lawyer overhead, but that will only impress someone from US.
That is why I said 'free at the point of use'
> As for waiting for non-essential operations, you probably meant non-life threating. Some procedures solve crippling pain, but are rated non-essential.
No I meant non-essential, how fast you are treated is based on how urgently you need treatment.
> And on top of that you can not choose hospital where you will go. Some hospitals are better, some are really bad. Obviously the elite lives in areas with better hospitals.
Actually yes you can choose where you go. Of course some hospitals are better than others, that is true in every country in the world.
> The story about baby was in national Slovak news, and forced embassy to step in. I am too lazy to look for english translation, but there are other similar cases. The time line in this case is this:
Once again I would like to see some proof that this story ever happened.
> Embassy even recommends to avoid giving birth in UK, since you could say something stupid, which would be held against you.
Really, which embassy? Please point me to where they recommend that you avoid giving birth in the UK.
You obviously have an issue with the NHS and I am more than happy to admit it is far from perfect however I would appreciate if you're going to criticise it you do so based on facts not fairy stories.