I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one.
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| Birth: | 15th November, 1897 |
| Death: | 6th July, 1960 |
| Nationality: | Welsh |
| Profession: | Politician |
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Aneurin Bevan was born in Tredegar, Monmouthshire. He was a Welsh Labour Party politician who was the Minister for Health in the post-war Attlee government from 1945 to 1951. He was a long-time Member of Parliament, representing Ebbw Vale in southern Wales for 31 years. He was one of the chief spokesmen for the Labour party’s left wing, and of left-wing British thought generally. His most famous accomplishment came when, as Minister of Health, he spearheaded the establishment of the National Health Service, which was to provide medical care free at point-of-need to all Britons. He resigned when the Attlee government decided to transfer funds from the National Insurance fund to pay for rearmament.
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