OZZY OSBOURNE Praises U.K.'s Publicly Funded Healthcare System

July 5, 2011

According to the Belfast Telegraph, legendary heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne has paid tribute to the National Health Service (NHS),a publicly funded healthcare system in the United Kingdom, 63 years after it was founded in the year of his birth.

Osbourne was born five months after the service was created in 1948 and was also treated by NHS staff in 2003 after a near-fatal accident at his Buckinghamshire home left him with a fractured neck vertebra, eight fractured ribs and a broken collarbone.

He said: "If it wasn't for the hard-working staff of the NHS following my serious quad bike accident, I may not be here today to continue my career as the Prince of Darkness.

"I want to say a big thank you to all of the dedicated doctors, nurses and everyone else who makes up the NHS across the country from Birmingham to Berkshire. Just like me, it's still going strong after 63 years. Long may we both keep it up."

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