Today on Twitter, I was asked why a drug which only prolongs life should be available on the NHS and IVF shouldn't be. No contest in my opinion.
I can not justify telling someone who is dying, that a drug which will prolong their life, possibly for years, is not available on the NHS. Yet a woman who for whatever reason, is infertile can have VERY expensive treatment free.
Average cost of IVF is around £3-4k. It often takes 3-4 lots of treatment before conception. At BEST only a 25% success rate. That's about £12k. But it doesn't stop there. An IVF pregnancy, very rarely goes full term. Therefore more costs are involved to ensure a live birth. Meanwhile, treatment for someone suffering from an aggressive form of cancer, is told, "It's too expensive to treat you & you'll die anyway". Think about it.
If it was your loved one dying, wouldn't you want to spend a little longer with them?
INFERTILITY has never killed anyone. Cancer has & does! You want a baby badly enough, you'll find the money. If you don't or can't? Tough. Get over it & get on with your life. No one said life is fair. It 'ain't.
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Your profile certainly is dippy. Love it! This post is also terrific. You quite rightly point out, it really is madness.
ReplyDeleteThank you...Very kind.
ReplyDeleteYes I'm as dippy as they come..but it's part of my..erm..charm (?) Well my ex's think so LOL.
I agree. We live in a grossly overpopulated world, fund birth-control programs in 3rd world countries and have children in council care desperate for families to adopt them. Against this backdrop we fund IVF from NHS budgets.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I also think there is too much focus on prolonging life, regardless of the quality of that life. It's neither possible nor desirable for people to live forever.