I went to see my friend in hospital the other day. He phoned me up and told me which hospital it was. And to my surprise it was a private hospital. I arrived with a certain degree of scepticism. I really didn’t agree with private health insurance or private health care.

So I was pretty surprised when I found myself being very impressed by this place. My friend had his own private room with flowers by the window, and a TV. I couldn’t believe it. While I was there he actually had his meal too. He had a choice of 10 meals – and the one that he chose – a Vegetarian lasagne – smelled amazing.

I’m not vegetarian, but this food smelled so good that I really did consider becoming vegetarian. Anyway, I was really bowled over by this place. The medical attention he received was very good too – he went in for an acute pendicitis. They whipped it out in no time. In the end, my friend didn’t even want to leave the hospital because he was enjoying it so much. To be honest I am now considering having health insurance – because it looks more like a holiday than anything else!