My summary
Debbie Davies born as Richards Davies knew she was different from a early age on. She has been living as a female for the pas sixteen months. She had previously been on a hunger strike because of the lack of funding but now Nottinghamshire County PCT has written to Ms Davies agreeing to pay for the full treatment. Ms Davies used to be on hormone pills but due to the cost she was not able to keep this up longer and that is when she applied for the total treatment to be funded. Debbie Davies' hunger strike lasted for seven days in May. The PCT has said it was happy the case had now been resolved and they continued to support Ms Davies.
My opinion
I think it is good that this man got a chance to change into a woman. However I do not think it is very fair that she got this far by going on a hunger strike. I think there should be a fund for people like that. The treatment is very expensive and I can understand that many people cannot afford the change so I think there should be something to help these people. I cannot imagine being in the wrong body but I can imagine you will not want to continue in the same body.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/8120772.stm
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This is a dilemma for me. On one side, I sympathize with this lady, that she doesn't have money for her treatment. On the other hand, she knew what she was from a very young age, so why didn't she start saving up some money. She must have thought about the option of becoming a woman. I don't think that a hunger strike is necessary. Then again, I am happy for her that she is one step closer to her goal
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI'm happy she got a treatment funding and maybe because of her hunger strike more people will get fundings for this, because it's not fair if you have to live in wrong body and be unhappy for the rest of your life. She could have saved some money though, just for a start.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWell done.
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