Dad Cameron

Prime minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha forgot to take their 8-year old daughter home after they had a Sunday lunch in a pub. Downing Street reported that the girl spent 15 minutes alone at the Plough Inn at Cadsden, before picked up by her parents and that Mr. and Mrs. Cameron were “distraught” when they found out the girl did not come back home with them. The cause of the incident was a miss assuming between the parents. While leaving the pub Mr. Cameron turned home alone in a car with his bodyguards and thought his wife would go home with the children in the other car.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18391663

I know I am participating now but I just want to say that I think this happening is sooo overdone. The article is only published a couple of hours ago and is has already had over 700 comments! The incident, which is this case, happened to the prime minister is not pleasant for the parents as well as for their daughter but as said in the article, those things can happen. It does not say anything about the parenting skills or the love for their child. This is just awkward because it happened to a father who is by chance the prime minister.

Suicidal US Military

The number of suicides among US soldiers has risen over the last ten years with an increase of 18% compared to last year. In the first 155 days of 2012 there have been 154 suicides among active troops, about double the number of soldiers killed in Afghanistan. There are a couple of possible reasons for the rise of suicides, for example post-traumatic stress, misuse of drugs and financial problems. Despite the effort to encourage making soldiers look for mental help the number of suicides is still rising. This is due to the taboo of seeking for help among military. They think seeking for mental help is a sign of weakness and may effect a possible promotion.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/08/suicide-rise-us-military

This news is horrible to read but does not come as a big surprise to be honest.  US military, and all military in a war zone like Afghanistan are probably damaged for the rest of their life. Not all military can cope with their experiences and therefore should get mental help from a psychiatrist. To get over the pride thing all military should go every once in a time mandatorily to a psychiatrist. Still I do not think this is the solution, because I think the only solution to his problem is to get all troops back from Afghanistan and end this mission.

Lucky Boy

Ethan Fidler, a 10 year old British boy was sent by the British National Health Service for six weeks to Florida. This whole trip has cost upwards to £50,000 but was absolutely necessary for the boy to stay alive, cause; a brain tumor, a very aggressive cancer called anaplastic ependymoma. The trip from Ethan Fidler provoked commotion by cancer patients in the US. In the US around 40 to 50 million people are uninsured because they can not bring up the money whereby one in six of the cancer patients have medical debts up to thousands of dollars.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jun/06/us-medical-care-haven-nhs

First of all, I understand the commotion of the cancer patients in the US though you could say it is their own recital to be or not to be insured but the decision to be insured could mean a life with debts. The US health service is a mess and it is not fair to citizens in the US that they have to pay more for the same services than citizens from Britain. But second, the US has the means to help this boy from Britain, so I think it is best to help each other and unite forces.