Lung Diseases 'Epidemic Will Overstretch NHS,' Warns Expert

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Lung Diseases 'Epidemic Will Overstretch NHS,' Warns Expert

PA News (www.pressassociation.press.net) (12/13/00)
Von Radowitz, John

A respiratory physician from the Royal Brompton Hospital in London cautioned Wednesday that the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) could be hit by a wave of lung diseases this winter. Professor Duncan Geddes, who will speak at the British Thoracic Society's annual conference this week, called for more specialists and long-term plans to solve the problem. Approximately 8 million people in the United Kingdom have lung disease, including 3.4 million with asthma and 35,000 with lung cancer. Furthermore, England and Wales record about 7,000 new cases of tuberculosis annually, and more than 200 babies are diagnosed with cystic fibrosis each year.
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