Article: WHERE WOULD YOU RATHER BE?; One hospital has private balconies overlooking a lake, a swimming pool, tennis court and golf course, the other is a cash-strapped concrete eyesore...(Features)

Byline: SHARON COLLINS Health Correspondent

THE building on the left is familiar to us all - it could be any NHS hospital in any town in Britain.

But what about the one on the right? A luxury hotel, perhaps? Or an upmarket health spa?

In fact, both our pictures are of hospitals - but the one on the right is healthcare German-style.

And now, at a price, you can book in there the next time you're unlucky enough to need medical care.

Because Germany has got too many hospital beds after the Government pumped a huge amount of money ...

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