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I had a health crisis in France. I’m here to tell you that ‘socialized medicine’ is terrific

On Sunday, March 29, 2015, two days after my 54 th birthday, I came very close to dying. I was sitting in an armchair in my Paris apartment, reading a newspaper, when I became dizzy. The next thing I knew, my heart was beating violently. When the paramedics arrived, it was racing at 240 beats per mi...

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Hasnain says:

"Of course, I will never know what would have happened had I chosen to settle in my native country instead of in France. But the choice I made might well have saved my life."

Posted on 2016-11-19T22:04:59+0000