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If'n I won the lottery, I would still be suspicious of a hospital tricked out as a hotel.
I want the money to go to research, pioneering treatments and the best medical care in the world.
Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for them to employ plenty of non-medical staff as Hospitality - making sure I have a cold drink, checking in on me, helping me to the toilet, picking up the book I've dropped. But lobster tails? I can do without those for a few days, thanks.
And no, I wouldn't use the NHS if I was mega-rich. At my salary level it's a hell of a lot better than nothing. Ditto the majority of the country. But it's overstretched, and if I was on the Times Rich List I'd see it as a moral obligation not to stretch it further. That and seeing how well Grandad was "cared" for when he was there.
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