John Goy, who has Crohn's disease, will share his 75th birthday with the NHS on Wednesday.
A man born on the same day the NHS was formed has told of a lifetime of care and compassion.
"I was run over by a cycle and in those days they had steel mudguards," he told the BBC. "The mudguard caught my eye and I bled very, very badly. I bled like a stuck pig!""The nurses had hats on," Mr Goy recalled. "Their aprons were all starched, very stiff. Everything had to be done a certain way. It was strict."Aged 23, Mr Goy became extremely unwell but despite weeks in hospital, doctors in his home town were unable to diagnose the cause.
He was told "the best colorectal surgeon in Europe" would look after him and find out what was wrong."If he couldn't find out what was wrong, well, it was curtains," he said."I was about 5st 7lbs and my parents and family and all my friends thought I was a goner," he said. "It wasn't until they opened me up they found out I had Crohn's disease.
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