Moral problem for British wounded in Afghanistan

Daily Mail:

Wounded British soldiers are waking up in hospital to find Taliban prisoners being treated in the next bed.

Servicemen at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan say it is appalling that our soldiers are forced to share a ward with enemy fighters who could have fired the shots that injured them, or killed their friends.

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‘My friends who were injured were waking up in the hospital to find Taliban in the bed next to them,’ he said.

‘A lot of people are getting injured out there and the last thing they want to see when they come round is the Taliban on the same ward. It’s just not right.’

Another soldier said: ‘I’m appalled that Taliban are being treated in the same room at the hospital. I know we have to treat them under the Geneva Convention, but no one should have to wake up in the same place as someone who may have injured them or their mates.’

Their complaints risk fueling widespread criticism over the treatment of Britain’s fighting men and women when they arrive home.

This includes concerns over conditions at Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham, where wounded troops have complained of waking up on civilian wards to find themselves ‘surrounded by drug addicts’. Camp Bastion is the main UK base in southern Afghanistan where combat casualties are treated.

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It appears the UK is taking socialized medicine to extremes. When they get back to the UK they are thrown into the overwhelmed rationed health care system which is not as wonderful as liberals have suggested. In fact it can be horrid.