'Big budget porn film' raises budget of London hospital

It appears that decency is not exactly on the agenda of a London hospital, as the Associated Press reports that one of the building's wards was hired out by a production company wishing to produce a pornographic film using the facility as a set.

In something of an embarrassment for the United Kingdom health system, the movie also ended up bringing in 'substantial income' to the hospital, and managed to raise its budget by a considerable amount. According to the AP:

Speaking in the House of Commons on Monday, Tory MP Penny Mordaunt said: "When I was director of Kensington and Chelsea Council, I discovered that one of our local hospitals was hiring out one of its closed - but fully equipped wards - to a film company to use as a film set.

"To add insult to injury, the movie was a pornographic one. Although I cannot claim to have seen the final picture - as I understand, these things are no longer claimable on parliamentary expenses - it was a big-budget affair and generated substantial income for the hospital.

"I cannot claim to have seen the final picture" - Yeah, that's what they all say.

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Stuff opens up a fat can of hate comments

An article appeard on the country's top news website (the same story was also featured on the popular current affairs program Close Up), today, outlining how two women who have struggled to lose weight and are on death's door should they continue at their current weight, have been denied previously promised surgery to reduce their stomach size.

Perhaps the best illustration of New Zealand's - and indeed the world's - misguided and misinformed attitude towards obesity and weight loss surgery is to read the comments submitted below the story.

Some are sympathetic, some are informed - some are somewhat offensive. Here are some highlights of the more direct comments:

mike chch   #152   12:50 pm Jun 14 2010

why make the tax payer pay for something that these individuals have done to themselves, what about private health insurance, or how about paying for elective surgery yourself. you ate the food, no one held a gun to your head and told you to eat it. you should pay your own costs, or but a stairmaster!

nice one johnny #61 and cecelia #65, i totally agree with you.

not much sympathy from me for any obese people, but obesity is self inflicted.

johnny   #93   10:34 am Jun 14 2010

i know how to fix this, put the pies down and do some physical activity. why should my tax payer dollars pay for an operation just beacause you cant control yourself. have you heard of a salad?

CN   #92   10:31 am Jun 14 2010

"I eat healthy and I exercise...."

How many times have I heard people say that and then you see then dilly dallying around in the gym thinking they are working hard yet they arent even breaking a sweat and their heart rate hasnt moved since they got out of bed in the morning, and then they down a bottle of electrolyte as they have 'worked so hard'.

You can not cheat on exercise and diet, as at the end of the day the only one who suffers is you.

Find out what it really means to exercise properly and eat healthily and people might be extremely surprised to discover that what they do is a LONG way from that. 

Read the article and the comments here. 

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