Of course it must be spelt out that we in the UK / Western developed World have never had it so good in medical terms. Our life expectancy has gone up through the roof compared to the 19th century, when in some areas of Britain you in the working class were lucky to reach 40 years of age. Then 150 in every 1000 births saw the infants, if lucky enough to survive birth, along with the mother, die before the age of 5. Today that is 5 that die in every 1000 before they are 5, although apparently that is the worst rate in Europe!!
The medical advances have been huge and made all the difference, along with a lack of epidemics, plagues and World war. Our air has never been cleaner, our water never so pure, our drainage never so well managed, and our fresh vegetables never so readily available. Our doctors have never before been so good at detecting major illnesses, and are more equipped to deal with them than ever before, with survival rates at their highest. Why are the surgeries so full of patients now? It is because the modern generation (especially men) have never before been so willing to see a doctor as they are far better educated about what can potentially go wrong with the human body, thanks to the TV, the media generally, and the Internet along with all the social sites. Hence the NHS being expected to carryout ever more treatments, some at extortionate costs, when in the past patients would have just lingered on until death.
The only black cloud is of course the declining ability of the anti-biotics to be effective, and the threat of Armageddon. That could be very bad / terminal for our health!
In all though we have never had it so good!