'It was there for me the day I was born and will be there for me when I leave this world'
At a minute past midnight on July 5, 1948, Aneira “Nye” Thomas became the first baby born on the NHS at Amman Valley Hospital in Wales. Like the NHS, she today celebrates turning 75.
“The NHS touches all our lives and we’re all guilty of taking it for granted, even I do at times,” Mrs Thomas, a former nurse herself, said.
“It must have been amazing that people could afford healthcare, optical care, dentistry. I do worry now because in the village that I live, you can’t access a dentist without paying and GPs… the interaction isn’t the same. So I do worry about the future.” “I feel sometimes it’s my duty to speak up and shout from the rooftops. If I’m in Cardiff, sometimes I sit in Queen Street and can see the statue of Nye Bevan.
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