Published: February 04, 2011
Op-Ed Contributor
Fat Patients Force UK Ambulances To Supersize
By Robert Paul Reyes
"Britain is having to buy new ambulances and upgrade others to cope with a growing number of fat patients as an obesity crisis grips the country, a report said Thursday.
Every ambulance service in Britain has had to buy extra-strength wheelchairs and wider stretchers while reinforcing existing vehicles at a cost of millions of pounds (dollars, euros), the BBC said, citing official figures." AFP
A fat individual faces many health problems, and he is a financial burden on society.
Ambulance companies will be forced to raise their fees for transporting all patients, and this is patently unfair to a normal person who hasn't let his body go to pot.
The answer is simple: An ambulance company should bill a fat person at twice the normal rate. If a fat patient doesn't want to pay more than a normal person, then he should be transported to the hospital in a dump truck. Hopefully, the humiliation will force the overweight person to lose some weight.
The logic of supersizing ambulances to accommodate fat persons is insane; it's simpler and less expensive to demand that fat people lose weight!
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