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slabs of meat = big pieces of meat?

 
 
Reply Wed 9 Nov, 2011 02:16 am

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Hospitals are treating the elderly 'like slabs of meat' says damning report into NHS careNurses have refused to give painkillers to dying patients
Concerned relatives have stayed on wards round the clock with loved ones

Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2059211/NHS-care-Hospitals-treat-elderly-like-slabs-meat.html
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Reply Wed 9 Nov, 2011 04:23 am
@oristarA,
Derogatory term that yes means big pieces or sections of meat that are handled by butchers, etc.... It indicates callous treatment of the hospitals elderly patients.
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Reply Wed 9 Nov, 2011 06:05 am
@tsarstepan,
Thank you
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