7th JuLy $uRviVoR SuEs GoVeRnMeNT

A survivor of the 7 July bombings

is the first to sue the government

because she says she has been

refused medical treatment on the

NHS.

Beverli Rhodes, from Maidstone in Kent,

was a passenger on the King's Cross train,

and says she has been forced to travel

overseas for help.

She gained brain stem injury and

post-traumatic stress.This was

caused by her head beingsmashed

against a pole.

Ms Rhodes has been registered disabled

since the attack. Her job before 7 July

was to help assess London's vulnerability

to terrorist attacks.therefore, she told BBC

London that her post-traumatic stress meant

she found it difficult to work.

''...You don't have much control over

your body, the body goes into

fright or flight...''

"There are certain triggers... if a

trigger comes about, you don't have

much control over your body, the body

goes into fright or flight, and you will

automatically evacuate any excess

material on board, which plainly means

you will go the toilet," she says.

CoSMeTiC TrEaTmEnT

The scars on her face, caused by the bomb

have not been covered by her mediical

insurance, and the only place she said,

she can afford to getany sort of

treatment done,is in Thailand.

Also the NHS have said they will

not pay for the treatment, as it is Cometic.

"For me, personally, it is necessary

because eventually one side of the

face will I believe become completely

concave... it will make it very difficult to chew."

Ms Rhodes hopes other survivors

will come forward and ask the

government for help to get treatment.

BBC London contacted the Home

Office, who said they had paid out

£6m so far to 264 survivors, and

there were hundreds more of cases

waiting to be heard.

The government has said there is

no time limit for those seeking

financial help.

My OpInIoN

Personally i dont think this is right. the NHS should offer to fund for all damages made to someone, if its not there fault. also the fact that she lost her work, made it more difficult. it is their duty to offer us indeviduals as we are people of this country!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/5393804.stm