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Weird stuff going on. Friday somewhere in the Netherlands a body was found (probably, they didn't know/say whether or not it was a body until today) and now apparently they identified it as a 43-year old Albanian male. According to Albanian media, it's the self-proclaimed president of Chameria:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chameria

 

No idea that existed. Another news outlet says his body was found in another place this weekend, but there police says it was a Polish man. So it's pretty sure two bodies were found (most likely unconnected to one another) and this Albanian dude is dead, but it's sort of a mystery who's who.

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A 69 year old (bulgarian) woman, who is living in England, got an appointment date to see a doctor, for after 51 weeks for a brain tumor.. :facepalm: With this paradox, she returned to Bulgaria and on the next day they removed the tumor. I feel sorry for all people in England (and Western Europe) that have to endure this abysmal health system..

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5 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

A 69 year old (bulgarian) woman, who is living in England, got an appointment date to see a doctor, for after 51 weeks for a brain tumor.. :facepalm: With this paradox, she returned to Bulgaria and on the next day they removed the tumor. I feel sorry for all people in England (and Western Europe) that have to endure this abysmal health system..

The worst is their health systems are better than ours...

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43 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

A 69 year old (bulgarian) woman, who is living in England, got an appointment date to see a doctor, for after 51 weeks for a brain tumor.. :facepalm: With this paradox, she returned to Bulgaria and on the next day they removed the tumor. I feel sorry for all people in England (and Western Europe) that have to endure this abysmal health system..

Pretty sure you won't have to wait a year if you've got a brain tumor here.

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46 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Pretty sure you won't have to wait a year if you've got a brain tumor here.

Well in some countries you would have to if it isn’t life threatening. I think that’s what happened here, or she wasn’t a British citizen and didn’t qualify.

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56 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Pretty sure you won't have to wait a year if you've got a brain tumor here.

 

It wasn't life threatening i think, but still it's a brain tumor and they can't say come in a year. Until then it could very well be life threatening.. 

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12 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Well in some countries you would have to if it isn’t life threatening. I think that’s what happened here, or she wasn’t a British citizen and didn’t qualify.

 

Scheduling months in advance a regular check-up is one thing, even though i don't think that is normal too. 

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