The Reality of Socialist Health Care in England: Cancer patient, 49, was forced to sleep in a CUPBOARD after a life-saving operation due to a bed shortage as the NHS continues to buckle under the pressure

The Daily Mail reports:

A cancer patient recovering from a life-saving operation was forced to sleep in a hospital cupboard due to a bed shortage.

Shocking images show Martyn Wells, 49, from Worcester, lying in the cramped, windowless room after being wheeled into the makeshift ward days after having his stomach removed.

The father-of-four, who had stage four malignant melanoma, went under the knife at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital last Wednesday and claims he was wheeled into the cupboard while he slept.

When he complained to a nurse the next morning, Mr Wells was told the room was classed as a 'clinical decisioning space'.

Mr Wells, who had a '15-inch incision' in his abdomen, tweeted Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt a picture of the 'broom cupboard' to highlight the state of the NHS but is yet to receive a response.

The IT manager, whose Facebook post has been shared thousands of times, said: 'For me, this whole incident encapsulates the issues that we have in the NHS today.'

Shortages and waiting in line... socialism.