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Newton Emerson: Why no outrage over our deadly hospital waiting lists?

Before it collapsed amid acrimony, the Stormont executive - including, pictured from left, deputy first minister Martin McGuinness, first minister Arlene Foster and health minister Michelle O'Neill - agreed to press ahead with health service reforms recommended by Professor Rafael Bengoa, pictured right. Waiting lists have only lengthened since then. Picture by Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye
Newton Emerson
IT has become standard practice in politics and activism to attach a frightening death toll to your cause. You may recall persistent efforts over the past decade to claim 1,000 people a year in Nor[...]

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