Spectre of commercialised medicine

A leading article in a recent issue of Der Spiegel (51/2016), appropriately titled 'In the sickness factory', rendered a graphic description of commercialised medicine. In the words of Der Spiegel, medicine free of commercial pressure is under threat. This raises the worrying question: is this the writing on the wall for our health service? The article describes in gruesome detail the deterioration in patient care following the privatisation of a major hospital and six clinics in Hamburg some years ago; this was described as a "failure of health policies". The standard of the Hamburg... This article is part of our premium content. Full story is available on Times of Malta Premium.

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