Devi Sridhar

We don't know because there was such a backlog.

So I talked to my editor because we had agreed this title and I thought I should change it to How to Die Too Soon and write, you know, some kind of spiritual book about accepting early cancer.

I was 38 at the time.

And I was like, actually, not really.

I think most people, when they're faced with their mortality, don't accept it.

They actually want to fight it.

Luckily, I was treated.

I was able to get an appointment after a few months.

But it did lead me to think about how one of the factors is your access to medical care.

And if I was living in India or Malawi, somewhere else in the world, I wouldn't even have access to a screening program, most likely.

If I was in the States, it would depend on my insurance.

Could I pay for it?

The nearest clinic?

And here in the UK, it was dependent on the waitlists and actually trying to get in in time, which is the biggest problem with the NHS, I think.

There are barriers to care.

And that's what I talk about in the book between the United States and Britain.

In the States, it seems to be cost and having insurance, where in Britain, it's actually there is no cost.

There is no bill when you go to the doctor.

But the biggest issue is a waitlist.

Will you actually see someone in the end?