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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Martin Fricker

Man travels to war-torn Ukraine to get teeth fixed - because it was CHEAPER than UK clinic

A man with severe toothache went to war-torn Ukraine for care after failing to get NHS treatment.

Desperate Richard Howe, 58, tried to book an appointment in Ely, Cambridgeshire, but ended up having his teeth fixed in Kyiv.

He said: “It just shows how much of a mess NHS dental care is right now.”

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