[Shelley_c]

It's an unfortunate incident, Like I said, I can certainly relate to what you are saying because I was in a similar boat such as yourself. It took watching a child to die in front of my eyes (many children) to dictate the person I am today (some will say a pain in the arse which I'll most probably agree with). We can't blame your situation, on anyone person. We would need to go back in time and point fingers at the makers of cigarettes, distributors tv advertising cigarettes and promoting smoking. You'll have to look at the bigger picture in these situations, obviously the parents of this child just couldn't give a crap, they should be shot. But that doesn't deter from the fact that it's a whole chain of factors that results in these unique situations.

I will say I don't mind agree with you that the health system in the uk surpasses that of the american healthcare system. Social services on the otherhand (which in the case of this child) they should have been brought in for child neglect. If I'm reading this right, why didn't you report this neglect to the social services if you knew this child was suffering and needed care each time he/she become better in health each time he/she left the hospital.

Maybe the topic is going off-topic a little but it's your thread so it's only fitting you have the right to dictate what direction it's going which I don't think anyone will mind.