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India needs a National Health Service like in Britain to combat the coronavirus pandemic June 7, 2021, 8:35 AM IST
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The question needs to be asked: If we could follow the Westminster style of democracy, why couldn’t we have emulated the British National Health Service (NHS), the United Kingdom’s publicly funded health-care system whose 75th anniversary is being observed this year? Founded in 1946 a year after World War Two ended, the NHS was the brainchild of the Labour government’s minister for health Aneurin Bevan who, at the age of 13, had to work in the coal mines in Wales due to poverty before he became an activist and a full-time Labour Party member. Born in 1897 in Tredegar in Wales, Bevan was inspired by the Tredegar Medical Aid Society which had a system where, in return for contributions from its members, health-care was provided free at the point of us
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New Zealand trust that the ongoing Test against England can raise an outcome notwithstanding Day 3 getting washed out.
New Zealand trust that the ongoing Test against England can raise an outcome notwithstanding Day 3 getting washed out. Bowling coach Shane Jurgensen feels New Zealand have the high ground as they hope to begin the series with a success.
Bad weather played spoilsport at Lord s on Friday, with the whole day being cleaned out thus. Many feel the absence of game time goes about as a drawback for New Zealand, who are using up all available time to get off the imprint in the series.