HEAR ALL SIDES: Letters to the Editor
I visited the doctor to see if I could get my bunion taken off as my big toe is really out of shape and it is hard walking.
My mother and my two grandmothers had the same trouble, so it’s hereditary.
You can imagine how I felt when I was told I can’t get it done now on the NHS and I would have to go private. The nearest place to where I live charges £4,000.
So now I have to live with it. Is this fair?
R Langley, Shildon
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