By 2008 it will be consuming something like 0.3% of the GDP of the entire planet, and the idea that one person, however able they are, can actually deal with all the minutiae that go on in the NHS, absolutely everything from a bed pan dropping off a bed to a cancelled operation, is frankly absurd.

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The Beit Oren Hotel, which is still in operation, has 30 pleasant rooms offering bed and breakfast, as well as a yoga centre and a swimming pool.

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Three days after her operation, she was getting in and out of bed on her own.

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The morning after her operation, he came in and told her that he wanted her getting out of bed, standing up, and doing a specific set of exercises he showed her.

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When I woke up after the operation to remove the piece of cane, I was curious only about the coal fire opposite my bed and the taste of hospital ice cream.

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