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How does one decide who deserves what I wonder?
Only watched a brief moment of the program, where the surgeon being interviewed prior to the operation, his comment was on the medical costs, "the operation would cost £12K, but what would be the medical costs be without the operation ?". Ok there are other costs involved, such as getting him to and from hospital etc etc.
So, looking at a rounded picture here (no pun intended) i believe that the local authorities have recognised resources can be utilised better elsewhere for the more needy, so by offering the operation allows them to reduce the 24hr care, reduce the food bill from £650 to £350, and giving the lad a starting point to turn himself round. Therefore being a lesser burden.
Admittedly more could of been done long before hand, by all involved.
Plus the tabloid media don't help matters much either