MANI ‘DISGUSTED’ BY WILSON’S HEALTHCARE
Former STONE ROSES bassist MANI has launched a blistering attack on Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) for failing to provide late music mogul TONY WILSON with adequate drugs.
The Factory Records co-founder died on Friday (10Aug07) after losing a battle with kidney cancer.
But Mani insists his life could have been prolonged with better healthcare after the NHS refused to fund a £3,500 ($7,000)-a-month treatment programme for Wilson when chemotherapy failed to tackle his condition.
Mani says, "It’s a f**king disgrace, especially when you consider how much money he must have given the taxman.
"He worked his life, paid his taxes, and the NHS treat him like that. It’s another indication of what a **thole we’re currently living in." The rocker adds, "Everyone in the indie music world owes Tony a debt of gratitude. He put us (The Stone Roses) on his TV show even though we were in direct competition with the Happy Mondays, who were on his label.
"It’s a crying shame that he’s gone. Tony showed that anyone can start their own thing up."
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