Dismay at swift loss of Ecmo unit at Glenfield Hospital Leicester as Health Secretary Andrew Lansley gives go-ahead

“Please, everyone, use your computer search engine to find epetition 35788, and sign up to keep the children's cardiac surgery unit at Glenfield Hospital.”

“It isn't broken, why are the government trying to fix it?
Stop thinking of finances and your own pockets and put the people first!!!
Birmingham can sustain itself.

Once again it's the man in the street who has to pay by suffering their indignities.”

“Unfortunately Andrew Lansley has forgotten that Leicester saved many adult patients during the swine flu epdemic- possibly to the detriment of the numbers of children helped- and that has now resulted in the complete transfer of children's ECMO and cardiac surgery. I understand that adult ECMO will stay at Glenfield, but it-was linked closely with the children's service.
The service was initially supported by the charity Heartlink, who covered the costs of training- and the helipad- NOT the NHS.”

“wheres my comment gone?”

“So le27ld....by the way there is no political party named Liebour, however (Daily Mail wit aside), if there is such an overspend why is it not being recovered from the areas that received such largress, rather than closing Ecmo”

“le27ld, where on earth do you get your ridiculous information from? You say the Labour government are responsible for the financial prolems in our country today due to overspending. Well, America, France, Spain, Italy, Greece need I go on? they are all in the same position as we are, are our previous Labour government to blame for their financial problems too? NO. It was the fat cats who caused the WORLDS problems including our own but once again it's the man in the street who has to pay to sort them out. The present goverment is hell bent on running down a once wonderful health service, Margaret Thatcher tried and failed and all Labour were doing was trying to repair the damage which she caused and that takes money. Oh and let's not even start on the crooked bankers that needed bailing out, again with public money.”

“le27ld you do talk nonsense. The economic crisis was caused by greedy guts, over wealthy financiers and bankers, the friends and party donors of the Con Party. The latest crisis is caused by the Con government's failed austerity measures, plus the failure of so many over wealthy people and big business to pay their taxes as they should.

But I realise that those who voted Con two years ago wouldn't have expected that this government would turn out even worse than the previous Con government.

They are destroying the NHS and this country will never forgive them for it. Meanwhile the children's heart surgery unit at Glenfield has been cut, so that four units can be kept open in the wealthy Con voting southern part of England. All the rest of England plus all of Wales and Scotland have just four between them.

Unfortunately unfairness, incompetence and dishonesty is the mark of this dreadful Con government.”

“The cuts are merely a resilt of the overpend by the Liebour Governement and Mr VAZeline and his cronies! You people voted for it by letting Liebour win the previous elections.”

“ECMO should be available within a reasonable distance to all who need it. Birmingham Children's Hospital do need an ECMO unit but it should be an additional facility not instead of that at Glenfield. This is not just about reorganisation but not spending enough on capital funding.”

“Will GGH keep Ecmo for treating adults or loose the facility completely?”